Spacecraft Systems Engineering Handbook

Design, Integration, and Modern Practice

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Thalen R. Ashford

Verlag:

Independently Published

Unsere-Artikel-Nr.: P34844709

EAN: 9798187821204

Erhältlich:

Nicht auf Lager

Zustellung: Di, 01.09.2026

Versand: Kostenlos

CHF 86.–

Beschreibung

The engineering knowledge required to design a spacecraft is spread across dozens of specialist textbooks, standards documents, and conference proceedings - each excellent within its discipline, none connecting the whole. This handbook closes that gap. Twenty chapters develop every major spacecraft subsystem at working-engineer depth - governing equations derived, not just stated; numerical examples carried to computed results; and cross-references that trace every output to the inputs it feeds in every adjacent chapter. A single spacecraft - a 1,500 kg Earth observation satellite in Sun-synchronous orbit at 500 km - runs as the worked example throughout, so every formula lands on real numbers and every result is traceable across the full design. Coverage includes:. Space environment: radiation dose, plasma charging, atomic oxygen flux, thermal cycling, and debris risk - and how each constrains every subsystem that follows. Orbital mechanics and mission analysis: vis-viva equation, eclipse fraction, nodal regression, constellation design. Chemical and electric propulsion sizing: specific impulse trades, propellant mass computation, and the power-transfer time tradeoff for all-electric platforms. Electrical power systems: solar array sizing and degradation, battery management, power conditioning architecture, eclipse and sunlit mode budgets. Attitude determination and control: disturbance torque analysis, sensor and actuator selection, linearised control laws. Structures: launch load cases, natural frequency requirements, material selection, ECSS-compliant design margins. Thermal control: coating selection, MLI sizing, radiator area, heater allocation, eclipse-sunlit cycling. Telecommunications: link budget development, Friis transmission equation, noise temperature, uplink and downlink margin. Telemetry, command, and on-board data handling; EMC and ECSS-compliant verification; AIV test sequencing and model philosophy. Small satellite and CubeSat systems engineering at genuine design depth - subsystem selection under real mass, power, and volume constraints. Model-based systems engineering: SysML architecture modelling, interface control, requirement traceability, digital twin integration. Both heritage-qualified and commercial new space practice - reusable launch vehicles, rideshare, mega-constellation operations, software-defined ground infrastructure - are addressed throughout. ECSS and CCSDS standards provide the governing framework where they apply. For engineers entering spacecraft programmes or transitioning into systems roles; graduate students seeking a comprehensive systems-level reference; and practitioners who need one structured resource that connects every discipline and every decision.

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Sprache

Englisch

Autor

Thalen R. Ashford

Erscheinungsjahr

2026

Format

Buch (Softcover)

Anzahl Seiten