The Space Transportation System/Spartan interfaces - An approach for low cost spacecraft

Using the Spartan 101 payload as an example thiq paper outlines the process of flying a low-cost spacecraft as a customer aboard the space shuttle, concentrating on the physical and organizational interfaces t o the Johnson Space Center (JSC) and the Kennedy Space Center (KSC). These interfaces fall into four classes, namely, JSC safety, KSC safety, JSC operations and KSC operations.