Space Mission Engineering:The New SMAD is an entirely new approach to creating both a text and a practical engineering reference for space mission design. Just as space technology has advanced, the way we learn and work has changed dramatically in recent years. SME combines the best features of a traditional unified text and reference covering the entire field, an electronic version that does many of the calculations for you, and the web that allows regular updates and references to the vast literature base available online. Among the many features of this new approach are: Completely rewritten, updated, and expanded follow-on to the 3rd edition of Space Mission Analysis and Design, the most widely used text and reference in astronautics, covering a great many topics not previously covered, such as CubeSats, Inflatable Structures, Space Economics, End-of-Mission options, Space System Risk Analysis, and new, much more precise formulas for ground station and target coverage. Downloadable electronic spreadsheets for most of the numerical tables and plots in the book that let you, for example, calculate all of the critical parameters for orbits about the Sun, Moon, Earth, and any of the other planets, or even new planets, moons, or stars of your choosing. An annotated bibliography and references on the web that is updated as new references become available and that shows you where to get nearly all of the references with direct links for those available at no cost and where on the web to buy copyright books and professional papers not available for free. All of the cross referencing, careful definitions, and thoroughly explained equations that are the key ingredient of any high quality engineering text or reference, along with the wisdom and experience gained at substantial cost by some of most experienced and knowledgeable space system engineers in the world.
Author(s): James Wertz, David Everett, Jeffery Puschell
Series: Space Technology Library, Vol. 28
Edition: 1
Publisher: Microcosm Press
Year: 2011
Language: English
Pages: 1067
Tags: space, space mission, wertz, smad, new smad, aerospace
Table of Contents:
PART I—SPACE MISSION ENGINEERING
1. Introduction
1.1 What is Space Mission Engineering?
1.2 History of Spaceflight
1.3 Spaceflight Technology
1.4 Spaceflight Economics
1.5 The Wide Range of Space Mission Applications
1.6 Sources of More information
2. Space Mission Communities
2.1 Multiple Space Communities
2.2 Differences and Similarities Between Communities
2.3 Changing Missions
3. Space Mission Engineering
3.1 The Space Mission Engineering Process
3.2 FireSat II and the Supplemental Communications System (SCS)
3.3 Mission Objectives and Constraints (Step 1)
3.4 Principal Players and Program Timescales (Steps 2 and 3)
3.5 Preliminary Estimate of Mission Needs, Requirements, and Constraints (Step 4)
4. Mission Concept Definition and Exploration
4.1 Defining Alternative Mission Architectures (Step 5)—Choosing the Pieces
4.2 Defining Alternative Mission Concepts (Step 6)— How the Pieces Work Together
4.3 Introduction to Concept Exploration
4.4 Defining System Drivers and Critical Requirements (Step 7)
5. Mission Analysis and Mission Utility
5.1 Introduction to Mission Analysis
5.2 Studies with Limited Scope
5.3 System Trade Studies and Performance Assessments (Step 8)
5.4 Mission Utility and Figures of Merit— Is the Mission Worthwhile? (Step 9)
5.5 Defining the Baseline Mission Concepts, Revising Requirements and Evaluating Alternatives (Steps 10–12)
5.6 Examples: FireSat II and SCS
5.7 Deciding Whether a Mission Should Proceed
6. Formal Requirements Definition
6.1 The Requirements Definition Process
6.2 Budgeting, Allocation, and Flow-Down
6.3 Introduction to Error Analysis
6.4 Specifications and Requirements Documentation
6.5 System Engineering Tools
6.6 The Role of Standards in Space Systems Development
6.7 Are Requirements Needed?—Capability-Based vs. Requirements-Based Systems
7. The Space Environment
7.1 The Space Environment and Space Weather
7.2 The Earth’s Magnetic Field
7.3 Radiation Belts
7.4 Microgravity
7.5 Orbital Debris
8. Space Mission Geometry
8.1 Introduction to Space Mission Geometry
8.2 Applications
8.3 Looking at the Earth from Space
8.4 Computing Parameters for a Single Target or Ground Station Pass
8.5 Satellite Relative Motion
8.6 Mapping and Pointing Budgets
9. Orbits and Astrodynamics
9.1 Keplerian Orbits
9.2 Orbits of the Moon and Planets
9.3 Spacecraft Orbit Terminology
9.4 Orbit Perturbations, Geopotential Models, and Satellite Decay
9.5 Specialized Orbits
9.6 Orbit Maneuvers
9.7 Summary—The Rules of Practical Astrodynamics
10. Orbit and Constellation Design—Selecting the Right Orbit
10.1 The Orbit Selection and Design Process
10.2 Orbit Performance—Evaluating Earth Coverage and Payload Performance
10.3 Orbit Cost—Delta V Budget and the Orbit Cost Function
10.4 Selecting Earth-Referenced Orbits
10.5 Selecting Transfer, Parking, and Space-Referenced Orbits
10.6 Summary of Constellation Design
10.7 Design of Interplanetary Orbits
11. Cost Estimating
11.1 Introduction to Cost Estimating
11.2 Estimating Tools
11.3 Other Considerations in the Cost Estimate
11.4 Example Space Mission Estimates
12. Space System Financing and Space Law
12.1 Sources of Space Financing
12.2 GAAP, Amortization and Return on Investment (ROI)
12.3 Law and Policy Considerations
13. Reducing Space Mission Cost and Schedule
13.1 The Need to Reinvent Space
13.2 It’s Possible, but It Isn’t Easy
13.3 Counterproductive Approaches to Reducing Cost
13.4 Cost vs. Reliability—Focusing on Mission Objectives
13.5 Principal Methods for Reducing Cost and Schedule
13.6 Avoiding Cost and Schedule Overruns
PART II—SPACECRAFT AND PAYLOAD DESIGN
14. Overview of Spacecraft Design
14.1 The Spacecraft Design Process
14.2 Spacecraft System Design Drivers
14.3 Spacecraft Configuration Alternatives
14.4 Partitioning Spacecraft into Subsystems
14.5 Creating Preliminary Spacecraft Budgets
14.6 Design Evolution
14.7 Examples
14.8 Future of Spacecraft Design
15. Overview of Payload Design
15.1 Types of Space Payloads
15.2 Mission System Concept or Subject Trade— What is the System Measuring or Working With?
15.3 Payload Design
15.4 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
15.5 Examples
16. Communications Payloads
16.1 Space Mission Communications Architectures
16.2 Communication Link Analysis
16.3 Communications Payload Design
16.4 Sample Missions
17. Observation Payloads
17.1 Observation Payload Design
17.2 Observation Payload Sizing
17.3 Sample Mission–VIIRS
17.4 The Evolution of Observation Payloads
18. Spacecraft Subsystems I—Propulsion
18.1 Basic Rocket Equations
18.2 Staging
18.3 Chemical Propulsion Systems
18.4 Plume Considerations
18.5 System Design Elements
18.6 Electric Propulsion
18.7 Alternative Propulsion Systems for In-Space Use
18.8 Examples
19. Spacecraft Subsystems II—Control Systems
19.1 Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control Systems
19.2 Spacecraft Trajectory Navigation and Control Systems
20. Spacecraft Subsystems III—On-Board Processing
20.1 Computer System Baseline
20.2 Preliminary Design
20.3 FireSat II Example
20.4 Modular Approaches to Processing
21. Spacecraft Subsystems IV—Communications and Power
21.1 Telemetry, Tracking, and Command (TT&C)
21.2 Power 22. Spacecraft Subsystems V—Structures and Thermal
22.1 Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms
22.2 Spacecraft Thermal Control
23. Space Logistics and Manufacturing
23.1 LEO Communications Constellations
23.2 LEO Monolithic vs. Distributed Architectures
23.3 Spacecraft Manufacturing Integration and Test
23.4 System Mission Verification and Validation
23.5 Multi-Spacecraft Manufacturing
23.6 Alternative Approaches to Space Manufacturing
23.7 Intangible Factors in Manufacturing
24. Risk and Reliability
24.1 Reliability
24.2 Space System Risk Analysis
25. Alternative Spacecraft Designs
25.1 Space Tethers
25.2 Inflatable Structures
25.3 SmallSats
25.4 CubeSats
25.5 Differences Between International Approaches to Space
PART III—LAUNCH AND OPERATIONS
26. Launch Vehicles
26.1 Launch Vehicle Selection
26.2 History Prior to 2010
26.3 Basic Mechanics of Launch
26.4 Launch Environments
26.5 Available Vehicles
27. Launch Operation
27.1 Worldwide Launch Sites and Launch Restrictions
27.2 Launch Site Preparations
27.3 Readiness Reviews and Mission Dress Rehearsals
27.4 Launch Site Access
27.5 Launch Site Training
27.6 Transporting the Spacecraft to the Launch Site
27.7 Launch Site Processing
27.8 Launch Day
27.9 Post Launch and Early Orbit Operations
27.10 Modernizing Launch Operations
27.11 Common Mistakes to Avoid
28. Ground System Design
28.1 Antenna Services
28.2 Data Accounting and Distribution Services
28.3 Ground System Driving Requirements and Sizing
28.4 Mission Examples
28.5 Technology Trends
28.6 Summary
29. Mission Operations
29.1 Mission Planning and Operations Development
29.2 Mission Execution
29.3 Mission Termination and Post-Mission Activities
29.4 Mission Operations Process Improvement and Best Practices
29.5 The Future of Mission Operations
30. End of Mission Considerations
30.1 Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (IADC) End of Mission Guidelines
30.2 Low Earth Orbit LEO Disposal Options
30.3 Non-LEO Disposal Options
30.4 Passivation
30.5 Disposal Planning
30.6 FireSat II and SCS Examples
APPENDICES
A. Mass and Power Distribution for Spacecraft
B. Physical and Orbit Properties of the Sun, Earth, Moon, and Planets
C. Summary of Keplerian Orbit and Coverage Equations
D. Mission Geometry Formulas
E. Time and Date Systems
F. Coordinate Transformations; Vector, Matrix, and Quarternion Algebra
G. Statistical Error Analysis (web only)
H. Units and Conversion Factors
I. Earth Satellite Parameters
