Product Description

Following on from the hugely successful previous editions, the third edition of Spacecraft Systems Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances in spacecraft and satellite engineering. With emphasis on recent developments in space activities, this new edition has been completely revised. Every chapter has been updated and rewritten by an expert engineer in the field, with emphasis on the bus rather than the payload.
Encompassing the fundamentals of spacecraft engineering, the book begins with front–end system–level issues, such as environment, mission analysis and system engineering, and progresses to a detailed examination of subsystem elements which represent the core of spacecraft design – mechanical, electrical, propulsion, thermal, control etc. This quantitative treatment is supplemented by an appreciation of the interactions between the elements, which deeply influence the process of spacecraft systems design.
In particular the revised text includes
∗ A new chapter on small satellites engineering and applications which has been contributed by two internationally–recognised experts, with insights into small satellite systems engineering.
∗ Additions to the mission analysis chapter, treating issues of aero–manouevring, constellation design and small body missions.
In summary, this is an outstanding textbook for aerospace engineering and design students, and offers essential reading for spacecraft engineers, designers and research scientists. The comprehensive approach provides an invaluable resource to spacecraft manufacturers and agencies across the world.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #202012 in Books
• Published on: 2003-01-24
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 704 pages

Review
"...an excellent textbook. All universities and colleges should have a copy..." (Materials World, 11 November 2003)

Review
"...an excellent textbook. All universities and colleges should have a copy..." (Materials World, 11 November 2003)

From the Back Cover
Following on from the hugely successful previous editions, the third edition of Spacecraft Systems Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances in spacecraft and satellite engineering. With emphasis on recent developments in space activities, this new edition has been completely revised. Every chapter has been updated and rewritten by an expert engineer in the field, with emphasis on the bus rather than the payload.

Encompassing the fundamentals of spacecraft engineering, the book begins with front–end system–level issues, such as environment, mission analysis and system engineering, and progresses to a detailed examination of subsystem elements which represent the core of spacecraft design – mechanical, electrical, propulsion, thermal, control etc. This quantitative treatment is supplemented by an appreciation of the interactions between the elements, which deeply influence the process of spacecraft systems design.

In particular the revised text includes
∗ A new chapter on small satellites engineering and applications which has been contributed by two internationally–recognised experts, with insights into small satellite systems engineering.

∗ Additions to the mission analysis chapter, treating issues of aero–manouevring, constellation design and small body missions.
In summary, this is an outstanding textbook for aerospace engineering and design students, and offers essential reading for spacecraft engineers, designers and research scientists. The comprehensive approach provides an invaluable resource to spacecraft manufacturers and agencies across the world.

Customer Reviews

A concise but thorough core text
This is the book that I used for a Masters degree in Space Science. it covers everything a budding space scientist with an interest in engineering spacecraft needs to know. Propulsion, the space environment and how it affects spacecraft design, celestial mechanics, subsystems and structures, telemtery etc. I found it very useful, as did my lecturers, for graphs of launch vibrations and good explanations. Other books have been said to be more through, such as Wertz and Larsons Space Mission Analysis, but Fortescue and Stark is far cheaper and more widely available, I would recommend it as a good text for university courses and for anyone interested in learning a little about everything to do with a spacecraft