83 pgs, 1996, AIAA
ISBN 978-1563471926

This combination business proposal/technical document is the only case study of the joint attempt by Bristol Aerospace and International MicroSpace to build the Orbital Express, an inexpensive commercial launch vehicle for putting microsatellites (payloads up to 400 pounds) into Low-Earth Orbit.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Opportunity
2. Access to Space
3. Players
4. MicroSat Launch Systems, Inc.
5. Chronology
6. Aftermath