36 Spacecraft design
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This article is from the Space FAQ, by Jon Leech leech@cs.unc.edu and Mark Bradford tla@surly.org with numerous contributions by others.
36 Spacecraft design
Brij N. Agrawal, "Design of Geosynchronous Spacecraft",
Prentice-Hall, ISBN 0-13-200114-4.
James R. Wertz ed, "Spacecraft Attitude Determination and
Control", Kluwer, ISBN 90-277-1204-2.
P.R.K. Chetty, "Satellite Technology and its Applications",
McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-8306-9688-1.
"Spacecraft Systems Engineering", Peter Fortescue and John Stark
(editors), John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-93451-8.
Henry Spencer: "I think I would rate this as better than
Wertz&Larson in a lot of ways. It doesn't go into the same depth
on some topics, especially the ones that are more mission
planning than hardware design. On the other hand, it goes into
noticeably more depth on many things, and it is generally more
interesting reading. For serious spacecraft engineering I'd want
both, but this is the one I'd recommend for someone who just
wanted to buy one book for a good technical overview."
Wiley J. Larson and James R. Wertz (editors), "Space Mission
Analysis and Design, 2nd edition", Kluwer Academic Publishers
(Dordrecht/Boston), and Microcosm (Torrance, CA) 1992, ISBN
1-881883-01-9 (paperback) or 0-7923-1998-2 (hardback)
This looks at system-level design of a spacecraft, rather than
detailed design. 23 chapters, 4 appendices, about 865 pages. It
leads the reader through the mission design and system-level
design of a fictitious earth-observation satellite, to
illustrate the principles that it tries to convey. Editors
indicate that the tables have been reviewed at length and any
errors corrected in this edition; further corrections may be
sent to Jim Wertz (jwertz@netcom.com).
Hardback may be ordered from Kluwer (see publisher addresses
above), paperback from Microcosm ($39.50)
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