Satellite CommunicationsArchitecture Identify Requirements Specify Architectures Determine Link Data Rates Design & Size each link Document your rationale
Spacecraft data processing requires microcomputers and interfaces that are functionally similar to desktop systems However, space systems require: Low power, volume, and mass High reliability and fault tolerance
Space Systems Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Introduction Introduction Objective : To compare the different imaging configurations for a To compare the different imaging configurations for a Separated Spacecraft Interferometer operating from an Separated Spacecraft Interferometer operating from an Earth’s orbit Earth’s orbit
Why Cost Estimation? Critically important part of system design Too high – lose the contract award Too low – over-run cost plus contracts, company loss on fixed price contracts
Space Systems Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of A Gravity-Well Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of A Gravity Absence of A Gravity-Well Edmund M. Edmund M. Kong Prof David W. Miller David W. Miller
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Space Systems Laboratory Lockheed Martin Corporation Advanced Technology Center Electromagnetic Formation Flight Electromagnetic Formation Flight