Modules | Area | Type | Hours | Teacher(s) | |
FUNDAMENTALS OF SPACECRAFT TECHNOLOGY | ING-IND/05 | LEZIONI | 60 |
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Students who successfully completes the course will have gained a solid knowledge of the working principles and the practical implementation of the technologies involved in modern spacecraft. In particular, starting form a general knowledge of the main features of the space environment, students are expected to be able to perform the preliminary design of the following spacecraft subsystems starting from mission-level requirements:
In addition, the students will familiarize with the main concets and practices in space project management.
During the oral exam, the student is required to show full uderstanding of the basic physical principles underlying each of the spacecraft subsystem technologies presented during the course. He/she must be able: - to carry out autonomously the preliminary design of each spacecraft subsystem starting form high level space mission requirements; - to demonstrate proper understanding of the inter-relations among the various subsystems of a modern spacecraft; - to discuss the various aspects of a space missions, from orbit/trajectory considerations, to the choice of subsystem technologies, to the elements of space project management.
Methods:
Delivery: face to face
Learning activities:
Attendance: Advised
Teaching methods:
Delivery: face to face
Attendance: Advised
The course is designed to provide an introduction to the design of modern spacecraft platforms and payloads. Following an introduction on the space environment and operating conditions for various mission categories, the course introduces and discusses the main spacecraft subsystems. The topics presented include power generation, attitude control, thermal aspects of spacecraft design, telecommunications, and the basic types of space instrumentation and space sensors. The discussion covers aspects of satellite communications including topics related to signals and antennas; remote sensing as well as radar and image processing; telemetry and link budget. An introduction to space project management is also provided.
Required reading:
Suggested reading:
At "Bibiloteca della Facoltà di Ingegneria":
At "Biblioteca del Dipartimento di Ingegneria Aerospaziale":