Spacecraft design and system engineering
EE-584
Time and location All lectures and practical work ...
Description
Time and location
All lectures and practical work will be taking place on-site at EPFL Lausanne Campus in DIA005.
Lectures: every Monday from 14:00-16:00.
Project team work / guest lectures (check planning): every Monday from 16:00-18:00.
Two optional practical sessions to discover the thermal vacuum chambers, cleanroom, and an educational kitsat (check planning). Those will take place in PPH building, teams must register before.
Please check out the tentative course agenda below for the exact schedule.
| Lecture | Date | Title | Guest lecturers |
| L01 | 09.09.2024 | Welcome: Mission Design & Spacecraft Systems Engineering | Ared Schnorhk (former ESA) |
| L02 | 23.09.2024 | System level thinking intro, conceptual design and trade-offs | Arno Rogg (NASA Ames) |
| L03 | 30.09.2024 | Spacecraft Environment & Astrodynamics | Jean-Noël Pittet (Swiss Space Cell) |
| L04 | 07.10.2024 | Space Science & Instrumentation (objectives) | Stephan Hellmich (EPFL LASTRO) + Beihang university |
| L05 | 14.10.2024 | Propulsion & Attitude Control | Hiro Koizumi (University of Tokyo + Pale Blue Inc.) |
| Holiday | |||
| L06 | 28.10.2024 | Space Sustainability (EOL management) & Life-Cycle Assessment | |
| MCR | Mission Concept Review (presentation) | ||
L07 | 04.11.2024 | Telecommunications & Ground Stations & operations | Hannes Bartle (EPFL MAG) |
| Telemetry, Command, & Data Handling, Avionics | Hannes Bartle (EPFL MAG) | ||
L08 | 11.11.2024 | Intro to Spacecraft Operations (Clearspace) | Kees van der Pols (Clearspace) |
| Avionics | Michael Juillard (Swissto12) | ||
L09 | 18.11.2024 | Spacecraft Structures & Mechanisms | |
| Optional practical session I (4:15pm) | |||
L10 | 25.11.2024 | Spacecraft Thermal Design & Control | |
| Electrical Power System | |||
| Optional practical session II (4:15pm) | |||
| L11 | 02.12.2024 | Spacecraft Configuration Engineering Intro to space robotics | Yannick Delessert (Swissto12) Mohammed Bouri (Rehassit) |
| L12 | 09.12.2024 | Launch vehicles and launch operations | Alessandro Netti and Alberto Sánchez (Beyond Gravity) |
| MDR | 16.12.2024 | Mission Design Review |
Instructors
Lecturer : Emmanuelle David
Teaching Assistants: Mathieu Udriot & Marnix Verkammen
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
- EE-585 Space Mission Design and Operations [already taken or have registered for]
Recommended courses
Expected student activities
Design work every week, interactive presentations, mid-term presentation, final report and final oral presentation.
Grading & assignments
- [20%] Mid-term presentation --> Mission Concept Review (MCR)
- [30%] Final presentation --> Mission Definition Review (MDR)
- [50%] Final report.
Resources
Bibliography used during the course
- Spacecraft Systems Engineering, 3rd edition, by P. Fortescue, J. Stark, & G. Swinerd.
- Space Mission Analysis and Design, by W. Larson and J. Wert. (website with tools - http://www.sme-smad.com/ password ASTRODATA)
- NASA System Engineering Handbook, NASA SP-2016-6105 Rev2 (can be downloaded)
Recommended reading
- A. Steltzner & W. Patrick
- The Farthest Shore: A 21st Century Guide to Space, by Dr. Joseph N. Pelton & Dr. Angelia P. Bukley.
Space System Failures, Disasters and Rescues of Satellites, Rocket and Space Probes