Spacecraft Design
Module MW2132
This module handbook serves to describe contents, learning outcome, methods and examination type as well as linking to current dates for courses and module examination in the respective sections.
Module version of WS 2013/4
There are historic module descriptions of this module. A module description is valid until replaced by a newer one.
Whether the module’s courses are offered during a specific semester is listed in the section Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature below.
available module versions | ||
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SS 2020 | SS 2014 | WS 2013/4 |
Basic Information
MW2132 is a semester module in German or English language at Master’s level which is offered in winter semester.
This Module is included in the following catalogues within the study programs in physics.
- Catalogue of non-physics elective courses
Total workload | Contact hours | Credits (ECTS) |
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150 h | 45 h | 5 CP |
Content, Learning Outcome and Preconditions
Content
• Design processes and introduction to spacecraft, spacecraft systems and their design,
• Payloads and payload systems, science payloads and their sensors and experiments, surface systems, communication payloads
• Data handling and communication, communication structures, link budgets, environmental factors, telemetry and command, channel coding, error correction, modulations, frequencies
• Energy sources, power supply, solar cells, energy storage, batteries, fuel cells, solar dynamic systems
• Thermal control, radiation balance, thermal modeling, thermal control features
• Sensors and actuators for spacecraft attitude control and navigation
• Mechanical systems, mechanisms, structures
• Subsystem component and payload verification processes, interfaces, safety, function and environmental tests, verification and validation.
• System integration and test, functional and qualification tests, environmental compatibility test, model validation, test processes
• system operations and disposal
Learning Outcome
Preconditions
Courses, Learning and Teaching Methods and Literature
Courses and Schedule
Type | SWS | Title | Lecturer(s) | Dates | Links |
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VO | 2 | Spacecraft Design | Appel, N. Rott, M. |
Thu, 14:00–15:30, GALILEO 300 |
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UE | 1 | Tutorial Spacecraft Design |
Appel, N.
Responsible/Coordination: Rott, M. |
Thu, 15:45–16:45, GALILEO 300 |
Learning and Teaching Methods
The technical contents will be presented theoretically in the lecture together with hands-on examples from implemented systems and on-going projects. The accompanying tutorial will reinforce important basic aspects with an emphasis on practical implementation and detailed analyses. The students will learn to perform first assessments and order of magnitude design calculations for system designs and layout. The tutorial will provide additional examples and information to current topics in spacecraft technology. Additional independent research, problem solving and literature is expected and will be part of the exams.
Media
Literature
2. alternatively in Englisch: "Handbook of Space Technology (Library of Flight)" [Englisch], Wilfried Ley, Klaus Wittmann, Willi Hallmann, ca. €105.
3. Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD [Englisch],
James Richard Wertz, ca. €105, or
4. V.L. Pisacane, R.C.Moore (eds.) "Fundamentals of Space Systems".
For basic background:
1. John Sellers "Understanding Space"
2. U.Walter "Astronautics"
Module Exam
Description of exams and course work
Aktueller Hinweis angesichts des eingeschränkten Präsenzbetriebs auf Grund der CoViD19-Pandemie: Sofern die Rahmenbedingungen (Hygiene-, Abstandsregeln etc.) für eine Präsenzprüfung nicht vorliegen, kann gemäß §13a APSO die geplante Prüfungsform auf eine online-gestützte schriftliche oder mündliche Fernprüfung umgestellt werden. Die Entscheidung über diesen Wechsel wird möglichst zeitnah, spätestens jedoch 14 Tage vor dem Prüfungstermin durch die Prüfungsperson nach Abstimmung mit dem zuständigen Prüfungsausschuss bekannt gegeben.
Exam Repetition
There is a possibility to take the exam in the following semester.