Spacecraft Systems Engineering (Aerospace Series)

ThisfourtheditionofthebestsellingSpacecraftSystemsEngineeringtitleprovidesthereaderwithcomprehensivecoverageofthedesignofspacecraftandtheimplementationofspacemissions,acrossawidespectrumofspaceapplicationsandspacescience.Thetexthasbeenthoroughlyrevisedandupdated,witheachchapterauthoredbyarecognizedexpertinthefield.Threechapters–GroundSegment,ProductAssuranceandSpacecraftSystemEngineering–havebeenrewritten,andthetopicofAssembly,IntegrationandVerificationhasbeenintroducedasanewchapter,fillingagapinpreviouseditions.Thiseditionaddresses‘front-endsystem-levelissues’suchasenvironment,missionanalysisandsystemengineering,butalsoprogressestoadetailedexaminationofsubsystemelementswhichrepresentsthecoreofspacecraftdesign.Thisincludesmechanical,electricalandthermalaspects,aswellaspropulsionandcontrol.Thisquantitativetreatmentissupplementedbyanemphasisontheinteractionsbetweenelements,whichdeeplyinfluencestheprocessofspacecraftdesign.Adoptedoncoursesworldwide,SpacecraftSystemsEngineeringisalreadywidelyrespectedbystudents,researchersandpractisingengineersinthespaceengineeringsector.Itprovidesavaluableresourceforpractitionersinawidespectrumofdisciplines,includingsystemandsubsystemengineers,spacecraftequipmentdesigners,spacecraftoperators,spacescientistsandthoseinvolvedinrelatedsectorssuchasspaceinsurance.Insummary,thisisanoutstandingresourceforaerospaceengineeringstudents,andallthoseinvolvedinthetechnicalaspectsofdesignandengineeringinthespacesector.