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

    • Static Verification
    • Dynamic Verification

11.2 General Design Process

    • System Implementation (buy, build, re-use)
    • Integration, Verification & Validation

11.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

    • Fabrication
    • Integration
    • Modularity and Ease of Access

11.4 General Setup and Design Drivers

    • 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

 

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