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4.2 Mission Analysis and Operations Planning<br />

Mission analysis<br />

The mission analysis process ensures compatibility of the spacecraft with<br />

the launch vehicle and with the overall <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> system. These tasks<br />

encompass<br />

• Interface requirements development.<br />

• Verification planning.<br />

• Verification.<br />

• Performance, interface, and environmental analyses<br />

Mission analysis begins when <strong>Sea</strong> <strong>Launch</strong> and the customer reach a<br />

launch agreement and continues until submittal of the final postflight report<br />

to the customer.<br />

Mission specialists<br />

Mission analysis personnel include specialists in<br />

• Systems engineering.<br />

• Electrical and mechanical interface design.<br />

• Structural loads and dynamics analysis.<br />

• Mass properties.<br />

• Thermal analysis.<br />

• Electromagnetic interference and compatibility.<br />

• Communications.<br />

• Venting analysis.<br />

• Trajectory and orbit design.<br />

• Spacecraft separation systems.<br />

• Contamination control.<br />

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