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Figure 1-15

The Wide Range of Space Mission Applications.

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Table 1-4

Major Astronautics Professional Societies.

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Table 1-5

Major Professional Journals in Astronautics.

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Table 1-6

Representative Regularly-Held Conferences in Astronautics.

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Table 1web-1

Space-related Websites.

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Table 2-2

Representative Interplanetary Missions.

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Table 2-3

The NASA Great Observatories.

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Figure 8-35

(Redirected to Table 8-10) Projection of a Rectangular FOV as Seen from the Spacecraft onto the Earth.

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Table 8-8

Coordinates and Dimensions on the Celestial Sphere for a 1 deg x 1 deg Pixel.

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Table 8-10

Planes or Edges Projected onto the Surface of the Earth

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Table 8-11

Summary of Computations for Ground Station Passes for LEO Circular Orbits.

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Table 8-12

Summary of Computations for Ground Station Passes for Elliptical Orbits.

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Table 8-17

Representative Mapping and Pointing Error Budgets.

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Figure 9-15

Evolution of an Elliptical Orbit Due to Drag.

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Table 9-3

Values of the Circular Velocity and Escape Velocity for the Earth, Sun, Moon, and Mars.

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Table 9-6

Planetary Oppositions and Launch Opportunities.

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Table 9-12

Synchronous Orbits for Major Solar System Objects.

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Table 9-13

Representative Repeating Ground Track Orbits.

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Table 9-14

Inclination for Sun-Synchronous Orbits at Various Altitudes.

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Table 9-19

Drift Rate and Total Delta V Required to Shift a Geosynchronous Satellite 60 deg in Longitude.

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Table 9-20

Representative Turn Angle and Velocity Change for Fly-by Missions to the Planets.

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Figure 10-7

Histogram of Coverage Over a Day for Ground Stations at the Same Longitude Shown in Fig. 10-6, but Varying Latitudes.

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Figure 10-10

Representative Plot of Earth Coverage as a Function of Latitude.

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Figure 10-12

Coverage from Geostationary Orbit as a Function of Minimum Elevation Angle.

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Figure 10-14

Resolution vs. Altitude at Visible Wavelengths for Satellites in LEO.

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Figure 10-16

Representative Orbit Transfer and De-Orbit Delta V Requirements.

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Figure 10-17

Altitude Maintenance Delta V for a Ballistic Coefficient of 100 kg/m2.

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Figure 10-18

Delta V Budget as a Function of Altitude for LEO.

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Figure 10-19

Orbit Cost Function for Various Earth Orbiting Missions.

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Figure 10-24

(Redirected to Fig. 10-7 and Fig. 10-10)The Repeat Coverage Orbit.

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Figure 10-25

Coverage vs. Latitude for Single Satellites in an RCO and an SSO.

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Figure 10-35

Hohmann Transfer Times, Stay Times, and Round Trip Times for Missions Between the Earth and Targets at Arbitrary Distances.

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Table 10-3

Coverage Formulas for Patterns Shown in Fig. 10-4.

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Table 10-7

Creating a Delta V Budget.

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Table 10-14

Representative Sun-Synchronous Orbits for Other Central Bodies.

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Table 10-15

Properties of Representative Molniya Orbits.

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Table 10-16

Repeating Ground Track Parameters for Representative Central Bodies.

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Table 10-31

Dimensions of the Sphere of Influences of the Planets in Our Solar System.

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Table 10-32

Summary of the Procedure to Compute the Characteristics of an Interplanetary Hohmann Transfer.

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Table 10-33

Hohmann Transfer Times, Stay Times, and Round Trip Times for Missions Between the Earth and Neighboring Planets.

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Table 10web-1

Summary of the Procedure to Compute the Characteristics of an Arbitrary Interplanetary Transfer.

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Table 10web-2

Summary of the Procedure to Compute the Characteristics of a Kepler Orbit Connecting Two Arbitrary Points.

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Table 11-8

USCM8 Nonrecurring CERs in FY2010 Thousands of Dollars.

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Table 11-9

USCM8 Spacecraft Bus Recurring T1 CERs in FY2010 Thousands of Dollars.

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Table 11-11

SSCM Earth Orbiting Total Nonrecurring Cost CERs in FY2010 Thousands of Dollars.

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Table 11-12

QuickCost Nonrecurring Plus Recurring (T1) CER in FY2010 Millions of Dollars.

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Table 11-14

NICM Nonrecurring Hardware Development Plus One Protoflight Unit Cost for Remote Sensing Instrument Payload in FY2010 Thousands of Dollars.

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Table 11-28

Mission Operations Cost Prediction Model.

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Table 11-34

FireSat II Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 11-35

FireSat II Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 11-36

FireSat II Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 11-37

SCS Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 11-38

SCS Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 11-39

SCS Space, Ground, and Launch Segment Costs in FY10$K.

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Table 13-17

Space Principal Alternatives to a Dedicated Launch to Orbit..

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Figure 14-5

Beta Angle Over a Year for a 400 km, 70 deg Inclination.

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Figure 14-23

Eclipse Duration vs. Date for SCS Spacecraft Over One Year.

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Figure 14-24

FireSat II Solar Beta Angle Over a Year of Operations.

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Table 14-19

LRO Fuel Budget at Launch.

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Figure 15-3

Planck's Blackbody Radiation Curves as a Function of Wavelength and Frequency.

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Figure 16-10

Gain vs. Aperture Diameter, Plotted for Operating Frequencies Common to Satellite Communications Systems.

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Figure 16-11

Antenna Pattern for a Hypothetical 0.75 m Parabolic Reflector with Uniform Illumination, and Operated at 14 Ghz.

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Figure 16-12

Reduction in Gain Resulting from Pointing Loss, Expressed as a Function of 3dB Beamwidth.

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Figure 16-13

Absolute Value of Gain Slope vs. Boresight Angle for the Antenna Whose Pattern is Presented in Fig. 16-11.

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Figure 16-14

Directivity Estimated on the Basis of Coverage Area for Several Values of Antenna Efficiency.

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Figure 16-16

Predicted BER Curves as a Function of Eb/No.

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Figure 16-17

Predicted BER as a Function of Eb/No.

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Figure 16-18

Total Attenuation of Electromagnetic Radiation Versus Frequency Due to Atmospheric Gases, for a Vertical Path from Sea Level to the Top of the Atmosphere.

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Table 16-13

Sample FSS Link Budget, Forward Direction.

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Table 16web-2

Return Link Budget: Use of Earth Coverage Satellite Antenna Requires Fixed Terminals for Users to Close Link.

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Table 16web-3

Forward Link Budget: Use of Earth Coverage Satellite Antennas Requires Fixed Terminals for Users to Close Link.

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Table 16web-4

Return Link Budget: Comparison of Cases for Handheld Users.

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Table 16web-5

Forward Link Budget: Comparison of Cases for Handheld Users.

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Table 16web-6

Intersatellite Link Budget, Ka-Band.

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Table 16web-8

Intersatellite Link Budget, Ka-Band.

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Table 17-5

Diffraction-Limited Resolution.

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Table 17-9

Parameter Calculations for a Passive Optical Sensor.

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Figure 18-3

Delta V as a Function of Mp/Mf and Isp.

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Table 19-16

ADCS Vendors.

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Figure 22-15

Heat Energy Radiated from a Perfect Emitting Surface (Black Body) as a Function of the Surface Temperature.

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Figure 22-16

Temperature of a Flat Plate Normal to the Sun at 1 AU with an Insulated Back as a Function of the Surface Properties.

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Table 25-3

Representative CubeSat Missions Flown from 2003–2011.

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Table 26-7

Summary of Available Launch Vehicles.

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Table 27-1

Launch Site Locations and Possible Inclinations (See Isakowitz, et al. [2004] and Strom [2006].

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Table I-1

Earth Satellite Parameters.

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Section 2 Space Mission Communities

Color photographs in Chapter 2

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Section 6.5 System Engineering Tools

Complex Tool Sets

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Section 6.6 The Role of Standards in Space Systems Development

CCSDS "Recommendation for Space Data System Standards: Attitude Data Messages"

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Section 9.2 Orbits of the Moon and Planets

Planetary Configurations

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Section 10.2 Orbit Performance

Coverage Analysis Example

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Section 10.7 Design of Interplanetary Orbits

Faster Trajectories

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Section 13.5 Principal Methods for Reducing Cost and Schedule

Bibliography of Reducing Space Mission Cost

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Section 16.1 Space Mission Communications Architectures

Figure 16-2. Radio Spectrum Frequency Allocations, as Defined by the United States National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), Showing the Detailed and Complex Assignments of Bandwidth Across Applications.

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Section 16.4 Sample Missions

Communications Payload Analysis for SCS and FireSat II Missions

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Section 17.1 Observation Payload Design

Complete web article

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Section 17.4 The Evolution of Observation Payloads

Complete web article

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Section 18.1 Basic Rocket Equations

Basic Rocket Equations with Varying Inputs

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Section 18.7 Alternative Propulsions Systems for In-Space Use

Solar Sail

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Section 18.7 Alternative Propulsions Systems for In-Space Use

Stationary Polar Orbits discussion and sample calculations

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Section 18.7.2 Alternative Propulsions Systems for In-Space Use

Levitated Orbits

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Section 18.8 Examples

Examples

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Section 19.2 Space Mission Verification and Validation

Table 19web-1. Typical Onboard Relative Navigation Sensors

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Section 22.1 Spacecraft Subsystems V—Structures and Thermal

Spacecraft Structures and Mechanisms

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Section 23.1 LEO Communications Constellations

Historical Approaches

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Section 23.2 LEO Monolithic vs Distributed Architectures

DARPA F6 Write-up to be supplied by DARPA

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Section 23.4 System Mission Verification and Validation

Environmental Testing and Defect Screening

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Section 23.5 Multi-Spacecraft Manufacturing

Multi-Spacecraft Manufacturing

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Section 25.3 SmallSats

SmallSat Mission Examples

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Section 26.4 Launch Environments

Coupled Loads

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Section 26.5 Available Vehicles

Available Launch Vehicles

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Section 29.1 Mission Planning and Operations Development

Mission Planning and Operations Development

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Appendix B. Physical and Orbit Properties of the Sun, Earth, Moon, and Planets

Complete web article

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Appendix C

Orbits about other celestial bodies 

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Appendix C

Equations Sources

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Appendix E Time and Date Systems

Complete web article

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Section F.2 Vector, Matrix, & Quaternion Algebra

Matrix and Vector Algebra

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Section F.2 Vector, Matrix, & Quaternion Algebra

Quaternions

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Appendix G Statistical Errors

Complete web article

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