Volume 46, Issue 5 No AccessSatellite Reliability: Statistical Data Analysis and ModelingJean-Francois Castet and Joseph H. SalehJean-Francois Castet Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332Search for more papers by this author and Joseph H. Saleh Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332Search for more papers by this authorPublished Online:23 May 2012https://doi.org/10.2514/1.42243SectionsRead Now ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail About Previous article Next article FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee PDF for referencesCited byUnderstanding Redundancy Requirements in the Design of Non-Serviceable Systems15 December 2022 | Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 35, No. 4Lithium-ion cells for space applications: Aspects of durabilityAdvances in Space Research, Vol. 72, No. 7The Planning and Execution of Human Missions to the Moon and MarsMichelle Poliskie13 April 2023Cost Variance Analysis in Constellation Architecture StudiesIEEE Systems Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2Statistical Reliability Estimation of Satellites Operating from 1991-2020Travis Grile and Robert A. 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