Spacecraft Systems Engineering
Published on 20. February 1991
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-0-471-92794-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book is based on a set of course notes which accompany a series of short courses given at Southampton University on space technology. It is aimed at the recent science or engineering graduate who wishes to become a spacecraft engineer. The coverage in this book is intended to give the breadth which is needed by system engineers with an emphasis on the bus aspect rather than on the payload. Chapters 2 to 5 set the general scene for spacecraft, and particularly for satellites. They must operate in an environment which is generally hostile compared to that with which we are familiar on earth, and the main features of this are described in chapter 2. Chapters 3 and 4 address the dynamics of objects in space, where the vehicles will respond to forces and moments which are minute, and which would be discounted as of no significance if they occurred on Earth. Chapter 5 relates the motion of the spacecraft to earth rather than to the intertially-based reference system of celestial mechanics. Chapters 6 to 15 address the main subsystems. Chapters 7 and 8 cover the subjects of getting off the ground and return through the atmosphere.
Chapters 6, 9 to 12, and 14 deal with the main subsystems on board the spacecraft, including the on-board end of the telemetry and control link with ground control. The communication link is covered in chapter 13, where the fundamentals of the subject are included, together with their rather special application to spacecraft. This is relevant to the telemetry and control link, and to a communications payload. Chapter 16 introduces electro-magnetic compatibility (E.M.C.) one of the subjects which must be addressed by the systems engineer if the various subsystems are to work in harmony.
Chapters 6, 9 to 12, and 14 deal with the main subsystems on board the spacecraft, including the on-board end of the telemetry and control link with ground control. The communication link is covered in chapter 13, where the fundamentals of the subject are included, together with their rather special application to spacecraft. This is relevant to the telemetry and control link, and to a communications payload. Chapter 16 introduces electro-magnetic compatibility (E.M.C.) one of the subjects which must be addressed by the systems engineer if the various subsystems are to work in harmony.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
238 illustrations, 58 tables, index
Dimensions
Height: 68 mm
Width: 50 mm
Weight
870 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-92794-5 (9780471927945)
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Content
Part 1 Introduction, Peter W.Fortescue and John P.W.Stark: payloads and missions; a system view of spacecraft; the future. Part 2 The space environment and its effects on spacecraft design, John P.W.Stark: spacecraft environments; environmental effects on materials - atomic oxygen erosion; environmental effects on man. Part 3 Dynamics of spacecraft, Peter W.Fortescue: trajectory dynamics; general altitude dynamics; altitude motion of specific types of spacecraft - three-axis-stabilized spacecraft with no momentum bias, spinning spacecraft and hybrid spacecraft. Part 4 Celestial mechanics, John P.W.Stark: the two-body problem; Keplerian orbit transfers; specifying the orbit; orbit perturbations - gravitiational potential of the earth, atmospheric drag and additional gravitational fields; interplanetary orbits. Part 5 Mission analysis, John P.W.Stark: geostationary Earth orbits (GEO); polar LEO/remote sensing satellites; elliptic orbits. Part 6 Propulsion systems, Barrie Moss: systems classification; chemical rockets - basic principles, propellants, chemical rocket design, alternative high-speed air-breathing propulsion and propellant management; secondary propulsion - cold gas systems, mono-propellant hydrazine, bi-propellant MMH/nitrogen tetroxide and solid propellant-apogee motors; electric propulsion systems. Part 7 Launch vehicles, Barrie Moss: basic launch vehicle performance and operation; spacecraft launch phases and mission planning; the Ariane launch vehicle; the space shuttle transportation system; alternative expendable launches; trends in launch vehicle costs. Part 8 Atmospheric re-entry, R.A.East: equations of motion for planetary entry; ballistic entry at large angles of descent - aerodyanamic deceleration for ballistic entry; aerodynamic heating for ballistic entry; lifting entry; thermal protrction systems (TPS); the entry corridor. Part 9 Spacecraft structures, R.F.Turner: design philosophy; materials selection; design for launch; configuration examples; design verification; the future for space structures. (Part Contents)