STE6296 Spacecraft System Engineering - 10 stp

The purpose of this course is to give the student an overview of the European space project standards including The European Cooperation for Space Standardization (ECSS) and The Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) preparing him for participating in industrious European space projects. While dealing with large, complex projects system engineering focus on how these projects should be design and managed, including identifying design drivers, trade-off studies, budgets and the system engineering process. Also, the design methodology will be discussed with a special focus on concurrent design. The following technical topics will be presented throughout this course:Spacecraft structures and configuration

• Coordinate system
• Constraints
• Arrangement types
• Preliminary arrangement and mass estimation

Spacecraft mechanisms

• One-shot devices

               Separation systems    

               Mechanisms for deployable structures

               Surface deployment devices

• Continuously and intermittently operating devices
• Components

               Electrical motors

               Slip rings

• Testing and verification

Thermal control

• General approaches and options
• General design methodology
• Basic theoretical analysis

               Thermal networks

• Preliminary design
• Design considerations

Command and data systems

• Requirements
• Data handling
• Encoding and encryption
• Command processing
• Spacecraft computers and software 

A relevant undergraduate bachelor Engineering programme with minimum 30 credits Mathematics/statistics topics

Relevant undergraduate (bachelor) Engineering degree, preferably within satellite engineering, telecommunications, electrical engineering or similar. 

Application code: 9371