From UNP materials

From HSFL book

1. Introduction

  • Satellite types/sizes

  • Orbital regions


history, who’s who, applications, …​

2. Systems Engineering

  • 2.1 Program Phases

    • NASA’s Big Programs

    • Cube Satellites

    • The Scope of This Design Course

  • 2.2 The Systems Engineer

  • 2.3 Requirements

    • Defining Requirements

    • Artemis CubeSat Kit Requirements Example

    • Requirements Verification Matrix

  • 2.4 Products of Design Reference Missions

    • Concept of Operations

    • Ke Ao CubeSat ConOps

    • Space Systems Architecture

  • 2.5 Project Management Tools and Documents

    • Technology Readiness Levels

    • Interface Control Documents

    • System Block Diagrams

    • Work Breakdown Structure

  • 2.6 Decision Analysis Tools

  • 2.7 Managing Risks

    • Risk Tracking

3. 3. Spacecraft Design Drivers, Space and Orbit

  • 3.1 Design Process Parameters

    • Characteristics of the Program

  • 3.2 Mission Components

  • 3.3 Payload Design

  • 3.4 The Space Environment

    • Studying the Space Environment

  • 3.5 Orbital Mechanics

    • History of Astrodynamic

    • Heliocentric-Ecliptic Coordinate System

    • Geographic Coordinate System (GCS)

    • Right Ascension-Declination Coordinate System

    • Perifocal Coordinate System

    • Steps to Determine Parameters for Hohmann TransferSimple Plane Changes

    • Combined Plane Changes

    • Co-Orbital Rendezvous

  • Systems Tool Kit (STK) Labs

    • Using Systems Tool Kit (STK)

4. 4. Structures and Mechanisms

  • 4.1 Definition

  • 4.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 4.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 4.4 General Arrangement and Design Drivers

  • 4.5 Mechanisms

  • 4.6 Structural Analysis

  • Software Lab for Structures

    •  Structures – Structural Analysis using Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

  • Structures and Mechanisms Lab

    • Structures – Assembly and Load Analysis

    • Mechanisms: Burn Wire and Deployer Demonstration

5. 5. Power System

  • 5.1 Definition

  • 5.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 5.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 5.4 Design Process and Drivers

  • 5.5 Power Generation

  • 5.6 Consumable Power Storage

  • 5.7 Rechargeable Power Sources

  • 5.8 Power Management and Distribution

  • 5.9 Power Budget and Profiling

  • 5.10 Electrical Power System Design Tools

  • Software Lab for Power Systems

    • Using a Power Budget

  • Hardware Lab for Power Systems

6. 6. Communications

  • 6.1 Definition

  • 6.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 6.3 General Design Process

  • 6.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 6.5 General Arrangement and Design Drivers

  • 6.6 Fundamentals in Signals

  • 6.7 Link Budget

  • 6.8 Technologies

  • 6.9 Communications Analysis and Link Budget

  • Software Lab for Communications Creating a Link Budget

    • COMMS Link Budget

  • Hardware Lab for Communications

    • Communication System Lab: An Epic Adventure in Radios

    • Purpose:

7. 7. Thermal Control

  • 7.1 Definition

  • 7.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 7.3 General Design Process

  • 7.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 7.5 General Arrangement and Design Drivers

  • 7.6 Fundamentals of Heat Transfer

  • 7.7 Technologies

  • 7.8 Thermal Analysis and Test

  • Thermal Software Lab: Finite Element Analysis

  • Thermal Hardware Lab: Demonstration and Control of a Heater

8. 8. Attitude Determination, Control, and Sensing

  • 8.1 Definition

  • 8.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 8.3 General Design Process

  • 8.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 8.5 Dynamics

    • 8.5. Dynamics

  • 8.6 Sensing

  • 8.7 Determination

  • 8.8 Control

  • 8.9 Pointing Analysis and Budget

  • ADCS Hardware Lab- Torque Coils Magnetic Field Alignment

    • An interactive H5P element has been excluded from this version of the text. You can view it online here: https://pressbooks-dev.oer.hawaii.edu/epet302/?p=2560#h5p-170

    • Torque Coils Magnetic Field Alignment

    • Ensure that the Torque Coil can be Commanded with Teensy and a Power Supply

    • Measure the Torque Coil Capability by Pointing it Along with a Magnetic Field Vector

9. 9. Command and Data Handling

  • 9.1 Definition

  • 9.2 Subsystem Responsibilities

  • 9.3 General Design Process

  • 9.4 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 9.5 Typical Avionics

  • 9.6 Data Budget and Profiling

  • 9.7 Avionics Reliability and Fault Tolerance

  • 9.8 Typical Software

  • COSMOS Lab

10. 11. System Integration

  • 11.1 Definition

  • 11.2 General Design Process

  • 11.3 Typical Requirements and Design Considerations

  • 11.4 General Setup and Design Drivers

  • 11.5 When to Use the Design Verification Methods

  • Systems Integration Hardware Lab

    • Artemis Mechanical Integration