Space Mission Analysis and Design

Space Technology Library #8

by Wiley J. Larson (Editor)

This 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.

Genres: Space, Engineering, Science, Nonfiction, Reference, Stem, Technical

976 pages, Paperback

First published March 31, 1991

Reviews

[MariaK · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the bible of space-mission and spacecraft design. Excellent book, very well written, well structured, easy to follow (assuming you have the necessary math and physics background). I read it some years ago and had to re-read parts of it recently for a project I'm working on. I read several other books on the subject in the meantime but none of them was up to par with this one.

[Muhammad Hassan Qazi · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you want to understand and work on Space missions, this book is among the best books to read. It contains the very basics of Space mission design, written in a simple and effective way. I loved the way technical aspects of Space mission analysis and design are explained with the help of very useful tables and flowcharts.

[Karen Grothe · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was the textbook for the Spacecraft Systems Design and Analysis course I took. Interestingly, some of the same systems engineering and mission planning being covered is mentioned in the Voyager's Grand Tour book I've been reading as well.