This multidisciplinary book is intended for individuals interested in understanding, planning, designing, and managing the design, fabrication, integration, and testing of instruments and systems for use in outer space. The authors provide an introduction to the development of space instrumentation and spacecraft systems and subsystems by presenting the principles of systems engineering necessary to formulate the development process and the salient technical characteristics of the functional subsystems. The depth is sufficient to permit the reader to generate an initial mission concept within the boundaries of a given set of specifications. The book exposes the reader to the underlying scientific and engineering foundations as well as the current practices so that they will understand how to carry out appropriate tradeoffs. Topics are covered to the depth that should allow the carrying out of the concept design of a space mission by making the trade-offs necessary to satisfy a given set of needs or systems requirements. For the uninitiated or the more narrowly focused space specialists, this book serves to broaden one's perspective and increase the breadth of one's capabilities. An understanding of this material will also permit professionals to carry our broader assignments and begin the transition to careers in systems engineering, aeronautical technical leadership, or managing the development of space systems. The content can also serve as a good introduction to more focused study.
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Some of the compelling reasons to develop space instruments and systems are to employ them in space to contribute to our understanding of the laws of physics and to deploy them in space, where they can perform functions to benefit society. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Some of the compelling reasons to develop space instruments and systems are to employ them in space to contribute to our understanding of the laws of physics and to deploy them in space, where they can perform functions to benefit society. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
partial linear shunt, digital shunts, trapped radiation environment, structural mass fraction, instantaneous coverage area, payload mass fraction, equatorial reference frame, linear shunt regulator, thermal control materials, battery charge regulator, nickel hydrogen cell, exhaust speed, effective exhaust velocity, power system designer, silver zinc cells, spacecraft spin axis, attitude matrix, planetary equations, attitude kinematics, conceptual design review, magnetic torquers, engineering design review, vacuum bakeout, crippling stress, horizon scanner Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, John Wiley, Goddard Space Flight Center, Johns Hopkins, Englewood Cliffs, National Space Science Data Center, United States, Hubble Space Telescope, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Yardney Technical Products, Douglas Corp, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Astronautical Sciences, Department of Defense, General Electric, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Netherlands, Academic Press, Blue Ridge Summit, Book Company, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Courtesy of Rockwell International, Hooke's Law, Intersociety Energy Conversion Engineering Conf, Eagle-Picher Industries New!
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- Fundamentals of Space Systems (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Series i) by Vincent L. Pisacane in Front Matter
- Flame Structure and Processes (Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory Series i) by R. M. Fristrom in Front Matter
- Star Spangled Banner (1907) by Francis Scott Key on page 218
- Communication Systems by A. Bruce Carlson on page 606
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- Elements of Space Technology by Rudolph X. Meyer on page 15, page 19, and page 305
- Handbook of Space Astronomy and Astrophysics by Dr Martin V. Zombeck on page 549
- Engineering Applications of Noncommutative Harmonic Analysis: With Emphasis on Rotation and Motion Groups by Gregory S. Chirikjian on page 511
- Space Transportation: A Systems Approach to Analysis and Design (Aiaa Education Series) by W. Hammond on page 73
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