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Preface
1.1 When? (Past, Present, Future)
1.2 Who? (Major Players)
1.3 Why? (Applications)
1.4 What? (Spacecraft Definition)
1.5 How? (The General Design Process)
2.1 Program Phases
2.2 The Systems Engineer
2.3 Requirements
2.4 Products of Design Reference Missions
2.5 Project Management Tools and Documents
2.6 Decision Analysis Tools
2.7 Managing Risks
3.1 Design Process Parameters
3.2 Mission Components
3.3 Payload Design
3.4 The Space Environment
3.5 Orbital Mechanics
FreeFlyer Lab
Systems Tool Kit (STK) Labs
4.1 Definition
4.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
4.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
4.4 General Arrangement and Design Drivers
4.5 Mechanisms
4.6 Structural Analysis
Software Lab for Structures
Structures and Mechanisms Lab
5.1 Definition
5.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
5.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
5.4 Design Process and Drivers
5.5 Power Generation
5.6 Consumable Power Storage
5.7 Rechargeable Power Sources
5.8 Power Management and Distribution
5.9 Power Budget and Profiling
5.10 Electrical Power System Design Tools
Software Lab for Power Systems
Hardware Lab for Power Systems
6.1 Definition
6.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
6.3 General Design Process
6.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
6.5 General Arrangement and Design Drivers
6.6 Fundamentals in Signals
6.7 Link Budget
6.8 Technologies
6.9 Communications Analysis and Link Budget
Software Lab for Communications Creating a Link Budget
Hardware Lab for Communications
7.1 Definition
7.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
7.3 General Design Process
7.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
7.5 General Arrangement and Design Drivers
7.6 Fundamentals of Heat Transfer
7.7 Technologies
7.8 Thermal Analysis and Test
Thermal Software Lab: Finite Element Analysis
Thermal Hardware Lab: Demonstration and Control of a Heater
8.1 Definition
8.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
8.3 General Design Process
8.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
8.5 Dynamics
8.6 Sensing
8.7 Determination
8.8 Control
8.9 Pointing Analysis and Budget
ADCS Hardware Lab- Torque Coils Magnetic Field Alignment
ADCS Software Lab: Detumbling Simulation using Magetorquers and Bdot Control
9.1 Definition
9.2 Subsystem Responsibilities
9.3 General Design Process
9.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
9.5 Typical Avionics
9.6 Data Budget and Profiling
9.7 Avionics Reliability and Fault Tolerance
10.1 Typical Software
Hello World Software Lab - F'
Luke Clements
Embedded Hardware Software Lab - F'
11.1 Definition
11.2 General Design Process
11.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
11.4 General Setup and Design Drivers
11.5 When to Use the Design Verification Methods
Systems Integration Hardware Lab
12.1 Ethics Case I
12.2 Ethics Case II
12.3 Ethics Case III
12.4 Ethics Case IV
12.5 Ethics Case V
Appendix
12. Ethics
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