Mission Design Workshop

Course Description:

The Space Mission Design Exercise is a completely hands-on workshop that provides a unique opportunity to design a real-world space mission from scratch.  Course participants are given a set of mission objectives in the form of a Request for Proposal (RFP) or Announcement of Opportunity (AO) and divided into teams to conceptually design a viable mission that meets the customer expectations with an acceptable lifecycle cost and risk.   

The teams are guided through a structured space system engineering approach to define a mission concept and supporting space mission architecture, and perform detailed analysis.  Participants are given a comprehensive mission design and analysis tool along with a full copy of Systems Tool Kit (STK) software to analyze trade-offs and complete their design.  A minimum of in-class lecture provides “just-intime” learning and concrete examples to keep participants on track.

The product of the design exercise is a Mission Concept Review presentation where the participants are given the opportunity to outline and defend their design decisions.   

The Space Mission Design Exercise provides a practical opportunity to apply space system engineering techniques in a non-threatening, real-world environment.

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Course Topics

Foundations

• Course Introduction
• Mission Operations Overview
• Project Scenario Introduction
• Systems Engineering Overview
• Agile Concepts and Methods
• Project Approach
• Introduction to Model-based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
• Space Mission Analysis and Design
• FireSAT Case Study and Architecture

Tools & Techniques

• SMAD Worksheet
• System Tool Kit
• Innoslate Quickstart

Application Workshop

Final Presentation

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