SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HANDBOOK: A First-Principles Guide to Spacecraft Design, Integration, and Operations
Language: English
Published by Independently published, 2026
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- Title
- SPACECRAFT SYSTEMS ENGINEERING HANDBOOK: A First-Principles Guide to Spacecraft Design, Integration, and Operations
- Author
- Obdam, Arief RH.
- Publisher
- Independently published
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- New
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798188035617
Spacecraft Systems Engineering Handbook: A First-Principles Guide to Spacecraft Design, Integration, and Operations provides a clear and practical foundation for understanding how spacecraft are conceived, developed, tested, launched, and operated.
Beginning with first principles, this handbook explains the engineering logic behind critical design decisions and shows how mission objectives are translated into technical requirements, subsystem architectures, operational plans, and verifiable performance targets. Complex concepts are presented in a structured and accessible way, helping readers understand not only what spacecraft engineers do, but also why they do it.
Inside this handbook, you will explore:
- Mission analysis and spacecraft architecture
- Systems engineering processes and requirement development
- Mass, power, thermal, and data-budget management
- Spacecraft structures and mechanical configuration
- Propulsion and attitude-control systems
- Electrical power generation, storage, and distribution
- Command, data handling, avionics, and flight software
- Guidance, navigation, and control principles
- Communications, telemetry, tracking, and command
- Thermal-control strategies for the space environment
- Reliability, redundancy, risk, and fault management
- Subsystem interfaces and spacecraft integration
- Verification, validation, environmental testing, and launch preparation
- Mission operations, anomaly response, and end-of-life planning
Whether you are an engineering student, aspiring aerospace professional, systems engineer, researcher, educator, technical manager, or space enthusiast, this handbook will help you develop a unified understanding of spacecraft as complete engineering systems.
Move beyond isolated equations and individual components. Learn how technical disciplines connect, how design trade-offs shape a mission, and how spacecraft are engineered to survive and perform in one of the most demanding environments imaginable.
Build your understanding from first principles and see the complete spacecraft engineering picture. Get your copy today and begin mastering the systems that make space missions possible.
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