FIGURE 3.2 FULL-SCALE OPERATIONAL SPS SATELLITE CONFIGURATION (SOURCE: ROCKWELL INTERNATIONAL) a natural concern as to the alternative uses of the demonstration satellite upon completion of the demonstration program, and the economic value associated with these uses. The following sections discuss alternative uses, and the value derived therefrom, to which the demonstration satellite may be put upon completion of the demonstration program. Four alternative uses have been considered, namely: 1. Use of the demonstration satellite as the first building-block of the first full- scale SPS satellite. The economic value, or salvage value, of the demonstration satellite derives primarily from the costs which would be foregone in the construction of the full-scale satellite through the incorporation of the demonstration satellite into the full-scale satellite. 2. Use of the demonstration satellite as a source of power for non-SPS space activities. This use requires the systematic disassembly of the demonstration satellite and transferral and use of the disassembled power subsystems as power supplies in other space missions. Here the salvage value of the demonstration satellite derives primarily from the costs (both hardware and associated transportation) foregone by the other space missions through their use of the demonstration satellite power subsystems.
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