Draws on leading aerospace experts to carry readers through mission design, from orbit selection to ground ops. This title provides emphasis on small spacecraft design and the cost-reduction process, and includes details on multi-satellite manufacturing, space computers, payload design and autonomous systems.



This famous and practical handbook for Space Mission Engineering draws on leading aerospace experts to carry readers through mission design, from orbit selection to ground ops. SMAD III updates the technology, provides greater emphasis on small spacecraft design and the cost-reduction process, and includes more detail on multi-satellite manufacturing, space computers, payload design and autonomous systems.