Spacecraft Design Program at the Naval Postgraduate School
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Agrawal, B.N.
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2005
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June 12-15, 2005
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This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
This paper presents a review of the spacecraft design program at the Naval Postgraduate
School. This program is part of the space systems engineering curriculum. In this curriculum, the
students take at least one course for each spacecraft subsystem. The spacecraft design is a three
course design sequence. The first course is on spacecraft design tools. The students become
familiar with the spacecraft design tools that are used in the final design course. The tools
include STK, IDEAS, NASTRAN, and MATLAB/Simulink. They also become familiar with
system software such as Aerospace Corporation Corporation Conceptual Design Center tools and
spacecraft cost estimation. The second course is on spacecraft system engineering where they
review the design aspects of all subsystems, systems engineering, and do an individual design
project. In the final capstone course, they do a team spacecraft design project. The spacecraft
performance requirements are given by a sponsor. The students have mentors in each subsystem
from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government laboratories. The final review is attended
by senior spacecraft designers from industry, Aerospace Corporation and government. The Naval
Postgraduate School has a Spacecraft Design Center, which is dedicated to these courses. The
paper will also present results of a spacecraft design project, Space Based Radar, recently
undertaken under this program.
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Proceedings of 2005 Annual Conference & Exposition, American Society for Engineering Education, Portland, OR, June 12-15, 2005.
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