Systems Engineering - ATI

Satellite Design & Technology
Cost-Effective Design for Today's Missions
October 25-28, 2010
Beltsville, Maryland
April 25-28, 2011
Beltsville, Maryland
$1790 (8:30am - 4:30pm)
"Register 3 or More & Receive $100 00 each
Off The Course Tuition."
Summary
This 3-1/2 day course covers all the important
technologies needed to develop lower cost space
systems. Renewed emphasis on cost effective missions
requires up-to-date knowledge of satellite technology and
an in-depth understanding of the systems engineering
issues. Together, these give satellite engineers and
managers options in selecting lower cost approaches to
building reliable spacecraft. In addition to covering the
traditional flight hardware disciplines, attention is given to
integration and testing, software, and R&QA.
The emphasis is on the enabling technology
developments, including new space launch options that
permit doing more with less in space today. Case studies
and examples drawn from modern satellite missions
pinpoint the key issues and tradeoffs in modern design
and illustrate lessons learned from past successes and
failures. Technical specialists will also find the broad
perspective and system engineering viewpoint useful in
communicating with other specialists to analyze design
options and tradeoffs. The course notes provide an
authoritative reference that focuses on proven techniques
and guidelines for understanding, designing, and
managing modern satellite systems.
Instructors
Eric Hoffman has 40 years of space experience including 19
years as Chief Engineer of the Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory Space Department,
which has designed and built 64 spacecraft.
He joined APL in 1964, designing high
reliability spacecraft command,
communications, and navigation systems and
holds several patents in this field. He has led
many of APL's system and spacecraft
conceptual designs. Fellow of the British
Interplanetary Society, Associate Fellow of the AIAA, and
coauthor of Fundamentals of Space Systems.
Dr. Jerry Krassner has been involved in aerospace R&D for
over 30 years. Over this time, he has
participated in or led a variety of activities with
primary technical focus on sensor systems
R&D, and business focus on new concept
development and marketing. He has
authored over 60 research papers, served on
advisory panels for DARPA and the Navy, and
was a member of the US Air Force Scientific
Advisory Board (for which he was awarded the USAF Civilian
Exemplary Service Award). Jerry was a founding member,
and past Chairman, of the MASINT Association. Currently, he
is a consultant to a National Security organization, and acting
chief scientist for an office in OSD, responsible for
identification and assessment of new enabling technologies.
Jerry has a PhD in Physics and Astronomy from the University
of Rochester.
Course Outline
1. Space Systems Engineering. Elements of space
systems engineering. Setting the objective. Establishing
requirements. System "drivers." Mission analysis and
design. Budgeted items. Margins. Project phases. Design
reviews.
2. Designing for the Space Environment. Vacuum
and drag. Microgravity. Temperature and thermal
gradients. Magnetic field. Ultraviolet. Solar pressure.
Ionizing radiation. Spacecraft charging. Space debris.
Pre-launch and launch environments.
3. Orbits and Astrodynamics. Review of spacecraft
orbital mechanics. Coordinate systems. Orbital elements.
Selecting an orbit. Orbital transfer. Specialized orbits.
Orbit perturbations. Interplanetary missions.
4. On-Orbit Propulsion and Launch Systems.
Mathematical formulation of rocket equations. Spacecraft
onboard propulsion systems. Station keeping and attitude
control. Satellite launch options.
5. Attitude Determination and Control. Spacecraft
attitude dynamics. Attitude torque modeling. Attitude
sensors and actuators. Passive and active attitude control.
Attitude estimators and controllers. New applications,
methods, HW.
6. Spacecraft Power Systems. Power source options.
Energy storage, control, and distribution. Power
converters. Designing the small satellite power system.
7. Spacecraft Thermal Control. Heat transfer
fundamentals for spacecraft.Modern thermal materials.
Active vs. passive thermal control. The thermal design
procedure.
8. Spacecraft Configuration and Structure.
Structural design requirements and interfaces.
Requirements for launch, staging, spin stabilization.
Design, analysis, and test. Modern structural materials
and design concepts. Margins of safety. Structural
dynamics and testing.
9. Spacecraft RF Communications. RF signal
transmission. Antennas. One-way range equation.
Properties and peculiarities of the space channel.
Modulating the RF. Dealing with noise. Link margin. Error
correction. RF link design.
10. Spacecraft Command and Telemetry. Command
receivers, decoders, and processors. Command
messages. Synchronization, error detection and
correction. Encryption and authentication. Telemetry
systems. Sensors, signal conditioning, and A/D
conversion. Frame formatting. Packetization. Data
compression.
11. Spacecraft On-board Computing. Central
processing units for space. Memory types. Mass storage.
Processor input/output. Spacecraft buses. Fault tolerance
and redundancy. Radiation hardness, upset, and latchup.
Hardware/software tradeoffs. Software development and
engineering.
12. Reliability and Quality Assurance. Hi-rel
principles: lessons learned. Designing for reliability. Using
redundancy effectively. Margins and derating. Parts
quality and process control. Configuration management.
Quality assurance, inspection, and test. ISO 9000.
13. Integration and Test. Planning for I&T. Ground
support systems. I&T facilities. Verification matrix. Test
plans and other important documents. Testing
subsystems. Spacecraft level testing. Launch site
operations. Which tests are worthwhile, which aren’t
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