Cost
- Study considered reusable spacecraft as a potential solution
-- 2/3 savings realized in our excursion
LOD cost drivers:
- Spacecraft: ship/store and shoot, on-orbit checkout
- Launch Systems: rapid processing, commonality, margin
- Infrastructure: flight ready storage, transport, range operations
- Highest payoff LOD mission (7 - 30 day ISR augmentation) is “cost prohibitive” using traditional systems
7 day LOD costs 3 times as much to enable as 30 Day LOD