11. System Integration
Learning Objectives
- Understand the process of starting from a design and delivering a functional spacecraft
- Internalize processes downstream from the design process that affects the design
Learning Objectives
11.1 Definition
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- Static Verification
- Dynamic Verification
11.2 General Design Process
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- System Implementation (buy, build, re-use)
- Integration, Verification & Validation
11.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations
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- Fabrication
- Integration
- Modularity and Ease of Access
11.4 General Setup and Design Drivers
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- EDU vs Flight Unit
- Umbilical
- Simulators for Functional Testing
- Best Practices for Functional Testing
- Testbeds for Survivability
- Test Scripts that are Not Flight Software
- Fault Testing
11.5 When to Use the Design Verification Methods