UZB 422E - Spacecraft Systems Design

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 realistic constraints with teamwork.

Course Description

A system view of spacecraft and its life cycle. Missions and Payloads. The space environment. Mission analysis. Orbital mechanics and Dynamics of spacecraft. Space Propulsion systems. Spacecraft structures and mechanisms. Orbit and Attitude determination and control. Electrical power systems. Thermal control of spacecraft. Telecommunications. Command and data handling. Ground control. Launch vehicles. Atmospheric re-entry.