Designing Space Missions and Systems

This course examines the real-world application of the entire space systems engineering discipline. Taking a process-oriented approach, the course starts with basic mission objectives and examines the principles and practical methods for mission design and operations in depth. Discussions focus on initial requirements definition, operations concept development, architecture trade-offs, payload design, bus sizing, subsystem definition, system manufacturing, verification and operations. Most of the material presented in this course comes from Space Mission Analysis and Design. This is a hands-on course with a focus on applications. The content is presented in a 13 week format with detailed homework sets in a design exercise format to give first-hand experience with the techniques presented. With over 3,000 alumni, this course is designed for systems engineers and project managers who are responsible for the detailed design and operation of space systems.

Course Topics:

• Foundations

  • Introduction to Systems Engineering using Models

  • Innoslate Quick Start Guide

  • Ontologies, Languages and Frameworks

  • Solar Fan Exercise

• MBSE Applications

  • Design

  • Manage

  • Realize

• MBSE Creation

  • Introduction to MBSE Simulations

  • Design Patterns and Model Re-use

  • Software Modeling

  • Project and Configuration Management

  • Digital Threads and Digital Twins

  • Tool Selection Exercise

  • Building Your Own Model

  • Model Building “Graduation” Exercise

Price available on request