Space

Systems Design I
AE4356
Spring 2015

Prof. Brian Gunter

Course summary
First part of a two-semester capstone design course
Focus on the design process for Earth & planetary S/C
Topics:
Mission architecture
Systems engineering
Requirements deniLon, cost esLmaLon, risk management

SpacecraO design

Emphasis on pracLcal applicaLon of material through

development of mission concept proposals

Example Kepler mission

ObjecLve: to search for Earth-size planets (0.5 to 10
earth masses) in the habitable zone of solar-like stars.
This resulted in the following driving requirements:
A Combined DierenLal Photometric Precision (CDPP) of
20 ppm in 6.5 hrs and the ability to detect a single Earth-
like transit with an SNR > 4
The capability to monitor > 100,000 stars simultaneously
A mission duraLon of at least four years

Source: Duren et al, SPIE, 2004

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Example Kepler mission Spacecra> design

Source: Duren et al, SPIE, 2004

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Example Kepler mission Orbit and L/V

Field-of-view (FOV) of the photometer be out of the
eclipLc plane so as not to be blocked periodically by the
Sun or the Moon
An Earth-trailing heliocentric orbit with a period of 372.5
days provides the opLmum approach to meeLng of the
combined Sun-Earth-Moon avoidance criteria within the
Boeing 7925-10L (Delta-II) launch vehicle capability
TelecommunicaLons and navigaLon for the mission are
provided by NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN)

Source: kepler.nasa.gov
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Example Kepler mission Mission design

Source: kepler.nasa.gov
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Example Kepler mission

Source: Duren et al, SPIE, 2004

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Course ObjecGves
At the end of this course, you should
Be familiar with the life-cycle of a typical space mission,
from concepLon to implementaLon
Know the major sub-systems of a satellite, including their
size/weight, cost, alternate hardware opLons, and
integraLon with other sub-systems
Given high-level mission objecLves, develop a set of
mission requirements and cost esLmates needed to
saLsfy these objecLves
Given a set of mission requirements and budget, develop
one or more candidate satellite systems that would saLsfy
these requirements
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Course ObjecGves
How will this be achieved?
Lectures
Reference materials
Course text (SME, by Wertz et al)
NASA Systems Engineering Handbook
Journal papers, etc.
NASA/SP-2007-6105
Rev1

Weekly lab sessions

Project proposal/presentaLon

NASA
Systems Engineering
Handbook

Grading

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Lab assignments: 40%

Quizzes: 5%
Proposal PresentaLon: 20%
Proposal Report: 25%
ParLcipaLon: 10%

Lab Assignments
40% of total grade
Will consist of
Wrinen problem sets
Computer assignments (CAD, Excel, Matlab, etc.)

Goal is to provide applicaLon of concepts presented in

the lectures and the text
Led by TAs, who can answer quesLons
Most work will be done during lab session and due at
the end of the period (excepLon CAD, STK)
3-6p on Wed (Sec A) or Thurs (Sec B)
Bring laptop to labs!
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Quizzes
At beginning of most lab periods, will answer a series of
short answer quesLons based on that weeks reading
(and including prior weeks reading)
Done via T-square
Must be present for answers to count
Closed book
Should take < 10 min.

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ParGcipaGon
Reects my percepLon of your level of involvement in
the course
Class/lab anendance
ParLcipaLon in lectures/labs
AcLve parLcipaLon in project team
High response rates for CIOS course surveys

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Project proposal
Will write a small-team (4 persons) proposal for a nano/
cube-sat mission
IniLal Pre-Phase A studies in AE4356
Down select, and more involved analysis in AE4357

Proposals will address recent NASA SIMPLEx call

Up to 6U cubesat
Deployed from ExploraLon Mission 1 (EM-1) on an Earth-
escape trajectory (Sept 30, 2018 launch)
Must be PPOD compaLble
5 year, $5.6 M cost cap for full life cycle
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Project proposal
IntenLon is to assemble one or more proposals to be
submined to upcoming AOs and RFPs
In the past, this course has helped support two separate
planetary cubesat proposals (Europa, Mars)
SIMPLEx call may turn into an annual call; if not, there are
other similar calls (UNP, CLI, etc.)

At the end of semester, each team will present their plan

PresentaLon ~15 min, will take place last week of class
Proposal 25 pages, due last class day
Will be a mid-term deliverable for report
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Project proposal
From these, we will determine what mission concepts to
explore in more detail in AE4357
AE4357 projects involve larger teams (6-8) and more in-
depth analysis
50 page proposal
25 min presentaLon
PresentaLons anended by external panel judges

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Project proposal
Small, InnovaLve Missions for Planetary ExploraLon (SIMPLEx)

Should start thinking about teams and science objecLves now!

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TentaGve lecture schedule

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Date
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Lecture Topic (SMAD Ref)

Intro/logisLcs/space systems engineering
Space plaxorm
Mission architecture
Mission architecture decision making
MLK Holiday
Requirements Flowdown
Astrodynamics
Astrodynamics
Project descripLon
Space Environment
SpacecraO cost esLmaLon
SpacecraO ConguraLon and Layout
SpacecraO payloads
SpacecraO design and sizing
Propulsion (GOCE mission overview)
Propulsion
NavigaLon and control
Avionics/Command & Data Handling (11)
Space Power Systems
Space Power Systems
Spring Break
Spring Break
CommunicaLons
CommunicaLons
Structures & Thermal
Risk & Reliability
alternaLve spacecraO designs (cubesats, etc)
OperaLons/end-of-life
TBD
TBD
Proposal presentaLons
Proposal presentaLons
Last Day of Classes

Book Chpt
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Lab AcLvity
Conrm VM login
Gentry Lee video seminar

Space mission planning

Systems engineering

Orbit/EO

STK Tutorial (data volume)

Cost esLmaLon

3-D CAD

Propulsion

NavigaLon

Power



Comms

Thermal

Teams work on proposals

Teams work on proposals

Proposal presentaLons
Final reports due

Week 1 Lab Assignment

Will have short lab session (~ 1 hr)
Begin reading SME Chpts 1-2 (no quiz this week)
Verify AE computer logins, access to Virtual Computer lab
hnps://mycloud.gatech.edu/vpn/index.html

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Independent research
Please contact me if interested in doing independent
research this semester on topics such as:
Orbit determinaLon
Interplanetary trajectory design
Satellite remote sensing (alLmetry, gravimetry)

1 credit hour (4 hrs/wk)

Candidates with GPA > 3.25 and programming
experience (Matlab, C, shell scripLng) preferred

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