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This fourth edition of the bestselling Spacecraft Systems Engineering title provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of the design of spacecraft and the implementation of space missions, across a wide spectrum of space applications and space science. The text has been... Read Full Overview

Following on from the hugely successful previous editions, the third edition of Spacecraft Systems Engineering incorporates the most recent technological advances in spacecraft and satellite engineering. With emphasis on recent developments in space activities, this new edition... Read Full Overview

Provides systems engineers and students with the breadth of coverage they need to understand the bus aspect rather than payload in spacecraft engineering. Early chapters examine satellites and the hostile environment in which they must operate. They address the dynamics of objects... Read Full Overview

The material in this book is essential for engineers studying and working in the field of spacecraft design. Its emphasis is on the bus rather than the payload. The working of spacecraft systems of various types are described'mechanical, electrical, propulsion, thermal, control,... Read Full Overview

Provides systems engineers and students with the breadth of coverage they need to understand the bus aspect rather than payload in spacecraft engineering. Early chapters examine satellites and the hostile environment in which they must operate. They address the dynamics of objects... Read Full Overview