Satellite Engineering

Readings

SMAD = Wertz, J.R. and W.J. Larson, eds. Space Mission Analysis and Design. 3rd Ed. Microcosm Press, 1999. ISBN: 1881883108.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
1	Launch Systems	SMAD, ch. 18
2	Orbital Mechanics	SMAD, ch. 5-7
3	Spacecraft Power Systems	SMAD, sec. 11.4
4	Propulsion	SMAD, ch. 17
5	The Environment of Space	SMAD, ch. 8
6	Optics 1: Introduction to Optics
7	Optics 2: Introduction to Optics (cont.)
8	Optics 3: Adaptive Reconnaissance Golay-3 Optical Satellite (ARGOS)
9	Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)	SMAD, sec. 11.1
10	Formation Flight 1: Electromagnetic Formation Flight
11	Formation Flight 2: Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of a Gravity-Well
12	Formation Flight 3: Minimum Energy Trajectories for Techsat 21 Earth Orbiting Clusters
13	Formation Flight 4: Trajectory Design for a Visible Geosynchronous Earth Imager
14	Structures in Space Systems	SMAD, sec. 11.6
15	Space Systems Cost Modeling	SMAD, ch. 20
16	Satellite Systems Software	SMAD, ch. 16
17	Software Engineering for Satellites	SMAD, ch. 16
18	Spacecraft Autonomy
19	Spacecraft Computer Systems	SMAD, ch. 16
20	Satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Control Subsystems	SMAD, sec. 11.2-11.3
21	Satellite Communication	SMAD, ch. 13
22	Reentry
23	Spacecraft Thermal Control Systems	SMAD, sec. 11.5
24	Ground System Design	SMAD, ch. 15