This fourth edition of the bestselling Spacecraft Systems Engineering title provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of the design of spacecraft and the implementation of space missions, across a wide spectrum of space applications and space science. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated, with each chapter authored by a recognized expert in the field. Three chapters - Ground Segment, Product Assurance and Spacecraft System Engineering - have been rewritten, and the topic of Assembly, Integration and Verification has been introduced as a new chapter, filling a gap in previous editions. This edition addresses ''front-end system-level issues'' such as environment, mission analysis and system engineering, but also progresses to a detailed examination of subsystem elements which represents the core of spacecraft design. This includes mechanical, electrical and thermal aspects, as well as propulsion and control. This quantitative treatment is supplemented by an emphasis on the interactions between elements, which deeply influences the process of spacecraft design. Adopted on courses worldwide, Spacecraft Systems Engineering is already widely respected by students, researchers and practising engineers in the space engineering sector. It provides a valuable resource for practitioners in a wide spectrum of disciplines, including system and subsystem engineers, spacecraft equipment designers, spacecraft operators, space scientists and those involved in related sectors such as space insurance. In summary, this is an outstanding resource for aerospace engineering students, and all those involved in the technical aspects of design and engineering in the space sector.

Leseprobe

Chapter 1: Introduction John P. W. Stark, Graham Swinerd and Adrian R. L. Tatnall Chapter 2: The Spacecraft Environment and its effect on Design John P. W. Stark Chapter 3: Dynamics of Spacecraft Peter W. Fortescue and Graham Swinerd Chapter 4: Celestial mechanics John P. W. Stark, Graham Swinerd and Peter W. Fortescue Chapter 5: Mission Analysis John P. W. Stark and Graham Swinerd Chapter 6: Propulsion Systems J. Barrie Moss and John P. W. Stark Chapter 7: Launch vehicles J. Barrie Moss and Graham E. Dorrington Chapter 8: Spacecraft Structures John M. Houghton Chapter 9: Attitude Control Graham Swinerd and Peter W. Fortescue Chapter 10: Electrical Power Systems John P. W. Stark Chapter 11: Thermal Control of Spacecraft Chris J. Savage Chapter 12: Telecommunications Ray E. Sheriff and Adrian R. L. Tatnall Chapter 13: Telemetry, Command, Data Handling and Processing Nigel P. Fillery and David Stanton Chapter 14: Ground Segment Franck Chatel Chapter 15: Spacecraft Mechanisms Guglielmo S. Aglietti Chapter 16: Spacecraft Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering Ken M. Redford Chapter 17: Assembly, Integration and Verification Terry Ransome Chapter 18: Small Satellite Engineeing and Applications Martin N. Sweeting and Craig I. Underwood Chapter 19: Product Assurance Geoffrey Hall Chapter 20: Spacecraft Systems Engineering Adrian R. L. Tatnall, John B. Farrow, Massimo Bandecchi and C. Richard Francis

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