Overview
- Discusses all parts in spacecraft construction design, from materials selection to testing of constructed spacecrafts
- Provides excellent general overview of a variety of topics, thus serving as an optimal reference
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (29 chapters)
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Front Matter
Keywords
About this book
Space flight is a comprehensive and innovative part of technology. It encompasses many fields of technology. This monograph presents a cross section of the total field of expertise that is called “space flight”.
It provides insight into the design, construction and analysis aspects of spacecraft. Spacecraft includes satellites as well as launch vehicles, with a distinction between manned or unmanned. The International Space Station (ISS), Russian
MIR, the American shuttle and the European Spacelab are examples of manned space flight, whereas communication satellites for radio and television and meteorological satellites are examples of unmanned space flight.
The Emphasis of this book is put on unmanned space flight, particularly on the construction of spacecraft rather than the construction of launch vehicles. The nature of the satellite is dependent on the task that is set for that satellite.
Authors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Spacecraft Structures
Authors: Jacob Job Wijker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-75553-1
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-75552-4Published: 04 January 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-09477-4Published: 19 October 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-75553-1Published: 08 January 2008
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 504
Number of Illustrations: 199 b/w illustrations
Topics: Automotive Engineering, Solid Mechanics, Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control, Engineering Design