Lehrinhalte
The lecture shall present the basics to understand, design and operate space systems, in particular: Historical development of spaceflight, utilisation of space, space environment, Ziolkowsky equation, foundations of orbit mechanics and maneuvers*, overview on subsystems for space systems: energy provision, attitude and orbit control, thermal control, data handling and communication.
*: complementary to „Space Flight Mechanics” (module no. 16-25-5130)

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
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[*]explain the historical development of space flight with the relevant technological and societal connections, together with the respective applications and utilisation scenarios,
[*]describe, characterise and estimate the relevant environmental factors for space systems (e.g. thermal environment, residual atmosphere, particle radiation etc.),
[*]describe basic orbit manoeuvres,
[*]describe and analyse typical subsystems in their functionality and design.
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Literatur
Messerschmid/Fasoulas: Raumfahrtsysteme, Springer Verlag - e-book
Messerschmid/Bertrand: Raumstationen – Systeme und Nutzung, Springer Verlag

Voraussetzungen
Basics in mathematics and physics for engineers, as well as engineering mechanics, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics are desirable.

Erwartete Teilnehmerzahl
35

Zusätzliche Informationen
Lectures are held by Dr.-Ing. Reinhold Bertrand (Head of Research and Technology Management Office, Directorate of Human Spaceflight and Operations, ESOC).

Semester: WT 2019/20