| |
| |
| Preface | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Overview | |
| |
| |
| Failures Caused by the Space Environment | |
| |
| |
| Risk Management | |
| |
| |
| Reliability and Quality Assurance | |
| |
| |
| Parts Reliability | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Overview of the Solar System | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Planets of the Solar System | |
| |
| |
| Asteroids | |
| |
| |
| Comets | |
| |
| |
| Meteoroids | |
| |
| |
| Celestial Mechanics | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Celestial Mechanics | |
| |
| |
| The Sun | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Structure of the Sun | |
| |
| |
| Solar Activity | |
| |
| |
| Heliosphere and the Solar Wind | |
| |
| |
| Solar Energy | |
| |
| |
| Surface Interactions with Light | |
| |
| |
| Solar Simulators | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Periodic Table | |
| |
| |
| Magnetic and Electric Fields | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Fundamentals | |
| |
| |
| Dipole Field | |
| |
| |
| Planetary Magnetic Fields | |
| |
| |
| Magnetic Activity | |
| |
| |
| Magnetic Field Interactions with Spacecraft Systems | |
| |
| |
| Magnetometers | |
| |
| |
| Earth's Electric Field | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Bibliography | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Gravitational Fields | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Newton's Law of Gravitation | |
| |
| |
| Higher Order Gravitational Potential | |
| |
| |
| Gravitational Models | |
| |
| |
| Liquid and Solid Body Tides | |
| |
| |
| Precession of Satellite Motion | |
| |
| |
| Gravity-Gradient Forces | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Magnetosphere | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Earth's Magnetosphere | |
| |
| |
| Radiation Environment | |
| |
| |
| Galactic Cosmic Rays | |
| |
| |
| Solar Particle Events | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Neutral Environment | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Gas Laws | |
| |
| |
| Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
| |
| |
| Effusion | |
| |
| |
| Earth's Atmosphere | |
| |
| |
| Pressure Variation with Altitude | |
| |
| |
| Planetary Atmospheres | |
| |
| |
| Effect on Propagation | |
| |
| |
| Atomic Oxygen | |
| |
| |
| Aerodynamic Force | |
| |
| |
| Atmospheric Models | |
| |
| |
| Effect of Oxygen on Humans | |
| |
| |
| Definitions and Background | |
| |
| |
| Background to Kinetic Theory of Gases | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Plasma Interactions | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Plasma Characteristics | |
| |
| |
| Planetary Ionospheres | |
| |
| |
| Earth's Ionosphere | |
| |
| |
| Propagation in a Plasma | |
| |
| |
| Sputtering | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Charging | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Grounding | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Radiation Interactions | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Radiation from Onboard Nuclear Devices | |
| |
| |
| Natural Space Radiation Environment | |
| |
| |
| Photon Interactions | |
| |
| |
| Neutron Interactions | |
| |
| |
| Charged Particle Attenuation | |
| |
| |
| Radiation Effects on Materials | |
| |
| |
| Radiobiology | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Contamination | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Material Outgassing | |
| |
| |
| Cleanliness Levels | |
| |
| |
| Clean Room Cleanliness | |
| |
| |
| Contamination Control Program | |
| |
| |
| Contamination Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Contamination Assessments | |
| |
| |
| Planetary Protection | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Meteoroids and Space Debris | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Meteoroids and Debris Observations | |
| |
| |
| Meteoroid Environment and Models | |
| |
| |
| Debris Environment and Models | |
| |
| |
| Debris Mitigation | |
| |
| |
| Collision Probabilities | |
| |
| |
| Hypervelocity Impact Physics | |
| |
| |
| Shields and Bumpers | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Thermal Control | |
| |
| |
| Introduction | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Thermal Environments | |
| |
| |
| Heat Convection | |
| |
| |
| Heat Conduction | |
| |
| |
| Heat Radiation | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Thermal Control Components | |
| |
| |
| Spacecraft Design | |
| |
| |
| Thermal Analysis Equations for Earth Satellites | |
| |
| |
| Steady-State Thermal Analysis | |
| |
| |
| Transient Thermal Analysis | |
| |
| |
| References | |
| |
| |
| Problems | |
| |
| |
| Solutions | |
| |
| |
| Units, Conversion Factors, and Constants | |
| |
| |
| Basic SI Units | |
| |
| |
| SI Prefixes | |
| |
| |
| SI Derived Units | |
| |
| |
| Derived from SI Derived Units | |
| |
| |
| Selected Conversion Factors | |
| |
| |
| Constants | |
| |
| |
| Astrophysical Parameters | |
| |
| |
| Index | |
| |
| |
| Supporting Materials | |