Re: Research satellite vs. Operational satellite

From: Bruno Tilgner (Bruno_Tilgner@compuserve.com)
Date: Wed Aug 22 2001 - 11:49:38 PDT

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Ray Respler wrote:

>I take that to mean that a research sat is testing methods of
>gathering information. An operational sat takes those results and
>uses the chosen methods to carry out its functions.

Thats' exactly it. Replace "research" by "pre-operational" and
you get the idea. This is common practice with all space agencies.
"Research" is an unfortunate choice of words in this context.

Bruno Tilgner

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