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Course Name	Turkish	Uzayaracı Sistemleri Tasarımı
	English	Spacecraft Systems Design
Course Code	UZB 422E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	8	3	2	2	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Alim Rüstem Aslan
Course Objectives		To develop the full skill set necessary for system engineering of spacecraft system design and to exercise the design of a spacecraft with defined goals, design requirements and constraints with teamwork.
Course Description		A system view of spacecraft. Payloads and Missions. Mission analysis. The space environment. Dynamics of spacecraft. Orbital mechanics. Propulsion systems. Launch vehicles. Atmospheric re-entry. Spacecraft structures. Attitude determination and control. Electrical power systems. Thermal control of spacecraft. Telecommunications. Command and data handling. Ground control.
Course Outcomes		After completion of this course, the students should : 1. know about space mission concepts and payload driven operations, testing requirements(a3,b2,c3,e3,h2,k3) 2. apply basic concepts of orbital mechanics and propulsion systems to spacecraft design, (a3,c3,e3,k3) 3. apply basic concepts of structures and mechanisms, power and thermal effects to spacecraft design, (a3,c3,e3,k3) 4. apply basic concepts of telecommunications, command and data handling to a spacecraft design,(a3,c3,e3,k3) 5. know about spacecraft attitude, determination and control, apply them for guidance and navigation,(a3,c3,e3,k3) 6. develop a conceptual design of a spacecraft including mission operations, launch, ground support and logistics,(a3,b2,c3,d2,e3,g3,k3) 7. write a comprehensive final design report (teamwork) and present the project work(b2,d2,e3,f2,g3,h2,i2,j3,k3)
Pre-requisite(s)		UZB 421 MIN DD
Required Facilities		Computers, STK or similar software
Other		--
Textbook		Elements of Spacecraft Design, Charles D Brown, AIAA Education Series, 2003 Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD (Space Technology Library, Vol. 28) ,July 29, 2011
Other References		International Handbook of Space Technology, Malcolm Macdonald, Viorel Badescu, Editors, Springer Praxis Books Astronautical Engineering, ISBN 978-3-642-41101-4 (eBook), 2014 Handbook of Space Technology, Wilfried Ley/Klaus Wittmann/Willi Hallmann (Editors), Wiley, 2009 Space Vehicle Design, Michael D. Griffin, James R. French, AIAA Education Series, 2004 Journal and Conference Papers

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