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Summary:
This 3-day course in space systems and space subsystems engineering is for technical and management personnel who wish to gain an understanding of the important technical concepts in the development of space instrumentation, subsystems, and systems. The goal is to assist students to achieve their professional potential by endowing them with an understanding of the basics of subsystems and the supporting disciplines important to developing space instrumentation, space subsystems, and space systems. It designed for participants who expect to plan, design, build, integrate, test, launch, operate or manage subsystems, space systems, launch vehicles, spacecraft, payloads, or ground systems. The objective is to expose each participant to the fundamentals of each subsystem and their inter-relations, to not necessarily make each student a systems engineer, but to give aerospace engineers and managers a technically based space systems perspective. The fundamental concepts are introduced and illustrated by state-of-the-art examples. This course differs from the typical space systems course in that the technical aspects of each important subsystem are addressed. The textbook "Fundamentals of Space Systems" published by Oxford University Press will be provided to all attendees.
Instructor:
Dr. Vincent L. Pisacane is a Fellow of the AIAA, has been an Assistant Director for Research and Exploratory Development and Head of the Space Department at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL), the inaugural Robert A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the United States Navy Academy, and a lecturer in the graduate engineering program at Johns Hopkins University. He has taught undergraduate and graduate classes in attitude determination and control, classical mechanics, guidance and control, launch systems, space communications, space environment, space physiology, space power systems, space propulsion, and space systems engineering. Dr Pisacane is the editor and contributing author of the textbook Fundamentals of Space Systems published by Oxford Press (2005), author of the textbook The Space Environment and Its Effects on Space Systems published by the AIAA (2008), and contributing author to the International Space Handbook, in publication. He has been the principal investigator on NASA research grants, has served on national and international panels and committees, has over 100 publications, and has over 40 years experience in space research and the development of spacecraft instrumentation, subsystems, and systems. Dr Pisacane received his PhD in applied mechanics and physics and a master’s degree in applied mechanics and mathematics from Michigan State, received a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University, and has undertaken graduate studies in aerospace engineering, as part of his PhD program at Princeton and had post-doctoral appointment in electrical engineering at Johns Hopkins.
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Who Should Attend:
Scientists, engineers, and managers involved in the management, planning, design, fabrication, integration, test, or operation of space instruments, space subsystems, and spacecraft. The course will provide an understanding of the space subsystems and disciplines necessary to develop a space instrument and spacecraft and the systems engineering approach to integrate these into a successful mission.
Course Outline:
Systems Overview.
Space Systems Engineering. Introductory concepts. Fundamentals of systems engineering. System development process. Engineering reviews. Cost estimating. Earned value.
Risk Management and Failure Analyses. Environmental induced failures. Failure analyses. Weibull distribution. Fault-tree analyses. Failure modes effects analyses. Reliability and quality control. Technology readiness levels.
Space Environment. Geomagnetic field, Solar activity. Neutral and ionized atmosphere. Spacecraft charging. Magnetosphere and trapped particles. Space Radiation. Orbital debris
Astrodynamics. Fundamentals of dynamics. Celestial reference frames. Time systems. Two-body central force motion. Trajectory perturbations. Orbit determination. Interplanetary missions. Libration points. Gravitational assists. Aerobraking.
Spacecraft Propulsion, Flight Mechanics, and Launch Systems. Rocket propulsion. Force-free rocket motion. Rocket motion with gravity. Launch flight mechanics. Solid and liquid propulsion. Ion propulsion. Nuclear propulsion.
Spacecraft Attitude Determination. Attitude specifications. Attitude orientation sensors. Attitude rate sensors. Attitude determination.
Spacecraft Attitude Control. Spacecraft disturbance torques. Spacecraft control sources. Passive attitude control systems. Active attitude control systems.
Space Power Systems. Energy sources and applicability. Power distribution and control. Solar power and environmental effects on solar cells. Nuclear power. Energy storage. Battery characteristics.
Space Thermal Control. Fundamentals of thermal control. Heat transfer and energy balance. Thermal design and testing processes.
Configuration and Structural Design. Structural design requirements. Subsystem mass guidelines. Design margins. Factors of safety. Types of structures. Test criteria.
Space Communications. Satellite coverage. Propagation. System noise. Digital communications. Link analysis. Coding.
Tuition:
Tuition for this three day course is $1790 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-956-8805 or send an email to ATI@ATIcourses.com.
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