TY - GEN
T1 - Technological spin-offs of the PMST program of the Italian. Space agency (ASI)
AU - Stalio, R.
AU - Svelto, F.
AU - Bonifazi, C.
AU - D'Aversa, E.
AU - Di Pippo, S.
AU - Musso, C.
AU - Zoffoli, S.
AU - Salotti, L.
AU - Bignami, G. F.
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - ASI Small (Piccole) Missions for Science and Technology (PMST) have been running full speed ahead for four years already. The program is one of Italy's responses to the general call, by the Space Agencies, for challenging science missions that are also a good opportunity for new advancements in space technology and in the related technology transfer. Both research institutes and industries are asked to cooperate in the program. Another goal of the program is to demonstrate ASI's capability of launching a scientific/technological satellite every two years with the objective of doubling launching frequency by 2005. Currently ASI has two PMST already approved and in advanced development phases: AGILE and DAVID. The former is a /spl gamma/-ray observatory, which uses innovative photon detectors developed in Italian centers; the latter a dedicated TLC program operating at very high frequencies: 80-100 GHz. A third PMST, for Earth observation science, will be selected by the end of the year, out of five preselected proposals which have been funded for Phase A study.
AB - ASI Small (Piccole) Missions for Science and Technology (PMST) have been running full speed ahead for four years already. The program is one of Italy's responses to the general call, by the Space Agencies, for challenging science missions that are also a good opportunity for new advancements in space technology and in the related technology transfer. Both research institutes and industries are asked to cooperate in the program. Another goal of the program is to demonstrate ASI's capability of launching a scientific/technological satellite every two years with the objective of doubling launching frequency by 2005. Currently ASI has two PMST already approved and in advanced development phases: AGILE and DAVID. The former is a /spl gamma/-ray observatory, which uses innovative photon detectors developed in Italian centers; the latter a dedicated TLC program operating at very high frequencies: 80-100 GHz. A third PMST, for Earth observation science, will be selected by the end of the year, out of five preselected proposals which have been funded for Phase A study.
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U2 - 10.1109/AERO.2002.1035573
DO - 10.1109/AERO.2002.1035573
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84879397942
SN - 078037231X
SN - 9780780372313
T3 - IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
SP - 583
EP - 590
BT - 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Proceedings
T2 - 2002 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Y2 - 9 March 2002 through 16 March 2002
ER -