1.1 Payloads and Missions 2 --
1.2 A System View of Spacecraft 4 --
2 Spacecraft Environment and its Effect on Design / John P. W. Stark --
2.2 Pre-Operational Spacecraft Environments 11 --
2.3 Operational Spacecraft Environments 17 --
2.4 Environmental Effects on Design 39 --
3 Dynamics of Spacecraft / Peter W. Fortescue --
3.2 Trajectory Dynamics 51 --
3.3 General Attitude Dynamics 58 --
3.4 Attitude Motion of Specific Types of Spacecraft 63 --
3.5 Oscillatory Modes 71 --
4 Celestial Mechanics / John P. W. Stark, Graham G. Swinerd, Peter W. Fortescue --
4.3 Specifying the Orbit 91 --
4.4 Orbit Perturbations 93 --
4.5 Restricted Three-body Problem 105 --
5 Mission Analysis / John P. W. Stark, Graham G. Swinerd --
5.2 Keplerian Orbit Transfers 114 --
5.3 Mission Analysis 116 --
5.4 Polar LEO/Remote-Sensing Satellites 122 --
5.5 Satellite Constellations 127 --
5.6 Geostationary Earth Orbits (GEO) 133 --
5.7 Highly Elliptic Orbits 143 --
5.8 Interplanetary Missions 147 --
6 Propulsion Systems / J. Barrie Moss, John P. W. Stark --
6.1 Systems Classification 169 --
6.2 Chemical Rockets 172 --
6.3 Secondary Propulsion 193 --
6.4 Electric Propulsion 198 --
7 Launch Vehicles / J. Barrie Moss, Graham E. Dorrington --
7.2 Basic Launch Vehicle Performance and Operation 211 --
7.3 Spacecraft Launch Phases and Mission Planning 222 --
7.4 Ariane Launch Vehicle 226 --
7.5 Shuttle Space Transportation System (STS) 230 --
7.6 Small Launchers 233 --
7.7 Re-Entry into Earth's Atmosphere 233 --
7.8 Specific Launch Costs and Reliability 237 --
8 Spacecraft Structures / John M. Houghton --
8.2 Design Requirements 241 --
8.3 Design Process 257 --
8.4 Material Selection 259 --
8.6 Design Verification 270 --
8.7 Impact Protection 272 --
8.8 Configuration Examples 274 --
8.9 Future of Space Structures 284 --
9 Attitude Control / Peter W. Fortescue, Graham G. Swinerd --
9.3 Spacecraft Attitude Response 292 --
9.4 Torques and Torquers 299 --
9.5 Attitude Measurement 307 --
9.6 ACS Computation 319 --
10 Electrical Power Systems / John P. W. Stark --
10.2 Power System Elements 326 --
10.3 Primary Power Systems 328 --
10.4 Secondary Power Systems: Batteries 343 --
10.5 Power Management, Distribution and Control 346 --
11 Thermal Control of Spacecraft / Chris J. Savage --
11.2 Thermal Environment 356 --
11.3 Thermal Balance 361 --
11.4 Thermal Analysis 364 --
11.5 Thermal Design 371 --
11.6 Thermal Technology 375 --
11.7 Thermal Design Verification 385 --
11.8 Example of Satellite Thermal Design
12 Tele-Communications / Howard Smith, Ray E. Sheriff --
12.2 Techniques of Radio Communications 402 --
12.3 Communications Payload 426 --
13 Telemetry, Command, Data Handling and Processing / Nigel P. Fillery, David Stanton --
13.2 System Architecture 450 --
13.3 Telemetry Data Formatting 452 --
13.5 Communication Techniques and Protocols 465 --
13.6 On-Board Data Handling (OBDH) and Processing 468 --
13.8 Tools and Controlling Documents 476 --
14 Ground Stations / Richard Holdaway --
14.6 Cost-Effective and Autonomous Ground Systems 495 --
14.7 Looking to the Future 499 --
15 Spacecraft Mechanisms / H. Mervyn Briscoe, Guglielmo S. Aglietti --
15.2 One-Shot Devices 502 --
15.3 Continuously and Intermittently Operating Devices 511 --
15.7 Testing and Verification 527 --
16 Spacecraft Electromagnetic Compatibility Engineering / Ken M. Redford --
16.2 Examples of EMC Problems 532 --
16.3 EMC Specifications 532 --
16.4 Electromagnetic Compatibility
16.5 EMC Fundamentals 534 --
16.6 Systems Approach to EMC 535 --
16.7 EMC Categories 535 --
16.8 Electrostatic Discharge 539 --
16.9 Spacecraft Grounding Schemes 540 --
16.10 Major Causes of Spacecraft EMC Problems 545 --
16.11 Analysis Methods for Spacecraft EMC Engineering 546 --
17 Product Assurance / Thomas A. Meaker --
17.4 Use of Qualified Parts 567 --
17.5 Materials and Processes 568 --
17.7 Configuration Control 574 --
17.8 Build and Verification 574 --
Appendix 1 Arrhenius Equation 575 --
Appendix 2 Particle Radiation Data 576 --
Appendix 3 De-rating 578 --
18 Small-Satellite Engineering and Applications / Martin N. Sweeting, Craig I. Underwood --
18.2 Small-satellite Design Philosophy 585 --
18.3 Small-satellite System Design 586 --
18.4 COTS Components in the Space Environment 589 --
18.5 Microsatellite Platforms 592 --
18.6 Minisatellite Platforms 595 --
18.7 Nanosatellite Platforms 597 --
18.8 Affordable Launches for Small Satellites 599 --
18.9 In-orbit Operations 603 --
18.10 Small-satellite Applications 604 --
18.11 Picosatellites and Recent Advances in Miniaturization 610 --
19 Spacecraft System Engineering / Adrian R. L. Tatnall, John B. Farrow, C. Richard Francis --
19.2 System Engineering 614.