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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. Spacecraft structures. Attitude control. Electrical power systems. Thermal control of spacecraft. Telecommunications. Telemetry and command. 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)		UZB421E
Required Facilities		Extensive use of computer for orbital, thermal, etc. system engineering analysis and documentation
Other
Textbook		International Handbook of Space Technology, Malcolm Macdonald, Viorel Badescu, Editors, Springer Praxis Books Astronautical Engineering, ISBN 978-3-642-41101-4 (eBook), 2014
Other References		Handbook of Space Technology, Wilfried Ley/Klaus Wittmann/Willi Hallmann (Editors), Wiley, 2009 Elements of Spacecraft Design, Charles D Brown, AIAA Education Series, 2003 Space Mission Analysis and Design, James R. Wertz and Wiley, J. Larson, eds. ,1999, ISBN 1881883108, 7th printing 2005

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