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ATI's Space Systems – Intermediate Design course
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Summary:
This multi-disciplinary course provides a complete
summary of the technologies needed to understand and
develop spacecraft systems and instrumentation. The
course presents a systems engineering approach for
understanding the design and testing of spacecraft
systems. The course highlights the underlying scientific
and engineering foundations needed to develop space
systems, as well as current practices. Case studies are
used to pinpoint the key issues and trade-offs in modern
design, and to illustrate the lessons learned from past
successes and failures.
This course provides a strong technical base for
leadership in systems engineering or the management of
space systems. Technical specialists will find the broad
perspective and knowledge useful in communicating
with other space system specialists in analyzing design
options and trade-offs.
The emphasis will be on how today's technology is incorporated into the planning, designing, fabrication, integration, and testing of modern space systems. Each participant will receive a complete set of notes and the award-winning textbook, Fundamentals of Space Systems, 2nd Edition 2005. The textbook and course notes provide an authoritative reference that focuses on proven techniques and guidelines for understanding, designing, and managing modern space systems.
Instructors:
Dr. Vincent L. Pisacane is a fellow of the AIAA, and
is the R.A. Heinlein Professor of Aerospace Engineering
at the United States Naval Academy. He
was formerly Head of the APL Space
Department. He has 35 years of
experience in space research and the
development of spacecraft and
instrumentation. He is the editor of the
authoritative textbook
Fundamentals of Space Systems
published by Oxford Press.
Dr. Mark E. Pittelkau is president of Aerospace Control Systems Engineering and Research . He was previously with the Applied Physics Laboratory, Orbital Sciences Corporation, CTA Space Systems (now Orbital), and Swales Aerospace. His early career at the Naval Surface Warfare Center involved target tracking, gun pointing control, and gun system calibration, and he has recently worked in target track fusion. His experience in satellite systems covers all phases of design and operation, including conceptual design, implementation, and testing of attitude control systems, attitude and orbit determination, and attitude sensor alignment and calibration, control-structure interaction analysis, stability and jitter analysis, and post-launch support. His current interests are precision attitude determination, attitude sensor calibration, orbit determination, and formation flying. Dr. Pittelkau earned the Bachelor's and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering at Tennessee Technological University and the Master's degree in EE at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Clarence Wingate has 35 years of space experience
and specializes in the thermal design, analysis and testing
of spacecraft. He is retired from JHU/APL.
Course Outline:
- Space Systems Engineering. Fundamentals of systems engineering. System development process. Engineering reviews. Management of space
systems.
- Orbital Mechanics. Fundamentals of dynamics. Reference frames. Time. Two-body central force motion. Two-body problem. Trajectory perturbations. Orbit determination. Interplanetary missions and patched conics.
- Spacecraft Propulsion/Rocket Propulsion. Force-free rocket motion. Rocket motion with gravity. Launch flight mechanics. Transfer trajectories.
- Flight Mechanics and Launch Systems. Hohman transfer orbits. Reaching a target orbit. Solid and liquid propellant systems. Other propulsion systems. Selected launch systems.
- Spacecraft Attitude Determination. Attitude sensors and kinematics. Attitude determination systems. Attitude estimation and system identification. Attitude error specification and analysis. Mission experiences.
- Spacecraft Attitude Control. Rotational dynamics and environmental disturbance torques. Attitude actuators. Passive and active attitude
control methods. Attitude controllers and stability. Mission experiences.
- Configuration and Structural Design. Structural design requirements and interfaces. Requirements for launch, staging, spin stabilization stages. Acoustics, acceleration, transients and shock. Designing and testing. Stress-strain analysis. Margins of safety. Finite Element Analysis. Structural dynamics. Testing.
- Space Power Systems. Energy storage, distribution, and control. Environmental effects on solar cells. Orbital considerations. Energy converters. Solar cells and solar arrays. Batteries and energy storage. Characteristics of different batteries. Designing the power system to fit the mission.
- Space Thermal Control. Radiation and thermal fundamentals. Heat transfer and energy balance. Choice of thermal materials. The thermal
design and testing process.
Tuition:
Tuition for this course is $1895 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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