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Space Mission Analysis and Design

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  • © 1991
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Part of the book series: Space Technology Library (SPTL, volume 2)

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About this book

The goal of this book is to allow you to begin with a "blank sheet of paper" and design a space mission to meet a set of broad, often poorly defined, objectives. You should be able to define the mission in sufficient detail to identify principal drivers and make a preliminary assessment of overall performance, size, cost, and risk. The emphasis of the book is on low-Earth orbit, unmanned spacecraft. However, we hope that the principles are broad enough to be applicable to other missions as well. We intend the book to be a practical guide, rather than a theoretical treatise. As much as possible, we have provided rules of thumb, empirical formulas, and design algorithms based on past experience. We assume that the reader has a general knowledge of physics, math, and basic engineering, but is not necessarily familiar with any aspect of space technology. This book was written by a group of senior engineers with over 800 years of collective space experience. It reflects the insight gained from this practical experience, and suggests how things might be done better in the future. From time to time the views of authors and editors conflict, as must necessarily occur given the broad diversity of experience. We believe it is important to reflect this diversity rather than suppress the opinions of individual authors.

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But as a reference volume for system engineers and satellite designers it would appear to be an invaluable collection of data.
The Aeronautical Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • Microcosm Inc., El Segundo, USA

    J.R. Wertz

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Space Mission Analysis and Design

  • Editors: J.R. Wertz, Wiley J. Larson

  • Series Title: Space Technology Library

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: W.J. Larson and J.R. Wertz 1991

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0970-3Due: 31 March 1991

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-0971-0Published: 31 March 1991

  • Series ISSN: 0924-4263

  • Series E-ISSN: 2542-8896

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXXVI, 813

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