Spacecraft design and system engineering

Course summary

• Time and Location Lectures and practical work will... (Text and media area)
• Course Resources (Folder)
• Missions (Folder)
• Final Report Templates (Folder)
• Course announcements & Forum (Forum)
• Forum — VLEO Mission (Forum)
• Forum — Lunar Mission (Forum)
• Forum — X-Ray Mission (Forum)
• Concurrent engineering of space missions (Questionnaire)

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[08.09.2025] Introduction: Space Mission Design & Systems Engineering

• L00 — Welcome (File)
• L01 — Mission Design & Spacecraft Systems Engineering​ (File)
• L02 — System-Thinking and conceptual design (File)
• Group Forming Questionnaire (Questionnaire)
• Resources (Folder)

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[15.09.2025] Systems Engineering

• L03 — SE Introduction.pdf (File)
• L04 — SE Stakeholder.pdf (File)
• Resources (Folder)

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[29.09.2025] Systems Engineering

• L05 — SE Requirements.pdf (File)
• L06 — SE Concept Generation (File)
• Resources (Folder)

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[06.10.2025] Review of Orbital Mechanics; Science in Space and Payloads

• L07 — Space Environment & Orbital Dynamics (File)
• L08 — Space Science and Instrumentation (File)

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[13.10.2025] Introduction to Space Sustainability

• MID-TERM CANCELLED Being sick and other teachers n... (Text and media area)
• L09 — Teaching Space Sustainability and Sustainable Design Practices (File)

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[27.10.2025] Propulsion System; Attitude and Orbit Control System

• L10 — Space Propulsion (File)
• L11 — ADCS (File)

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[03.11.2025] Telecommunications & MIDTERM

• L10 — Telecommunications (File)
• Resources (Folder)
• mid term correction sheet (File)

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[10.11.2025] Avionics and On-Board Processing; Ground Segment Operations

• 2025 L14 Avionic and On Board Processing (File)
• 2025 L15-EE584-Ground Segment operation (File)

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[17.11.2025] Structure and Mechanisms

• Slides Structure and Mechanisms (File)

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[24.11.2025] Thermal Control System; Electrical Power System

• Cleanroom procedure (File)
• L17 - Thermal subsystem (File)
• L18 - Electrical Power subsystem (File)

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[01.12.2025] SSA/SST; Launch Vehicles and operations

• L19 - Launch Vehicles and Operations (File)
• L20 - SSA and Orbit Determination (File)

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[08.12.2025] Assembly, Integration and Test; Roadmap and future missions

• L21 - AIT (File)
• L22 - PA-QA (File)
• L24 - Scientific Writing (File)

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Mission Definition Review

• 2025 Grading Rubrics (Folder)
• Final Presentation - Timeslot Registration (Scheduler)
• Zoom (URL)

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Final Report

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