- Docente: Paolo Tortora
- Credits: 6
- SSD: ING-IND/05
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Paolo Tortora (Modulo 1) Simone Pirrotta (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Forli
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Corso:
First cycle degree programme (L) in
Aerospace Engineering (cod. 8263)
Also valid for First cycle degree programme (L) in Aerospace Engineering (cod. 8263)
Learning outcomes
The student learns how to deal with all subsystems included in a spacecraft. Using a design example of a space mission the student learns the requirements of theon-board instrumentation and the criteria for the preliminary design of all systems.
Course contents
Analysis anddesign of a
space mission
- Definition
of the mission objectives
- Identification
of possible mission architectures
- Identification
of the "design
driver" for the
satellite system
Spacecraft
Subsystems
- Structures and mechanisms
- Thermal
Control
- On-board
computer
- Power System
- Attitude Determination
and Control
- Guidance and
Navigation
- Communication
system
Definition and sizing
of payloads
- Technology
Payloads
- Scientific
Payloads
- Instruments for
Earth Observation
Tutorial Mission Study "Concurrent Design"
Readings/Bibliography
1. W.J. Larson, J.R. Wertz, Space Mission Analysis and Design, Kluver, 1992
2. P. Fortescue, J. Stark, Spacecraft Systems Engineering, Wiley, 1995
3. Wertz, J.R. (ed.), Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control, Kluwer, 1978
Teaching methods
In lecturing hours the subjects are presented by the course teacher, including the explicit proof of all mathematical formulas introduced andto the presentation of the methods to solve the problems given in the practicing hours.The proposed exercisesrequire the use of pocket calculators for the solution of the mathematical end engineering problems given by the lecturer.
Assessment methods
The examination usually consists of three questions which allow to assess the capability of the student to resolve new problems or at least to set up the correct resolutive strategy. The assessment of such ability has a fundamental weight in the attribution of the final marks. The student must pass in at least two of the three questions placedby thelecturer in order topass the examination.
Teaching tools
LCD projector, overhead projector and PC are used in addition to the standard blackboard
Office hours
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