Introduction to space engineering fundamentals, key concepts and missions

Price: 1000 € 

Duration: 4 hours

Language: English

Lecturer: Mr. Frank AIROLDI

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General outline

General outline

This session will provide our attendees with an overall summary of the various specific characteristics of the space environment and related constraints (module 1), along with the engineering concepts required to understand the technical fundamentals of a space mission (module 2). Based on these background elements, our attendees will go through each component that make up a satellite communications system (module 3) and a satellite Earth observation system (module 4).

Contents

Contents

Module 1.1: Space environment and associated constraints

Space environment
  • Key space environment characteristics
  • Orbital mechanics
Space constraints
  • Launch constraints
  • Effects of orbital perturbations on spacecraft
  • Effects of the space environment on materials and electrical components
Implications for spacecraft design
  • On-board thermal regulation
  • Electronic hardening
  • Orbit determination and control
  • Mechanical testing

 

Module 1.2: General introduction to space missions

Key mission components
  • Space segment architecture: platform and payload
  • Ground and launch segment
  • Mission operations
Key applications and system design
  • Types of missions and objectives
  • System design drivers

 

Module 1.3: Satellite communications systems overview

Inventory and definition of satellite communications services
  • Raw capacity
  • Managed services
  • Managed capacity
  • End-to-end solutions
The space segment
  • The satellite
  • The satellite control center
  • The frequency resource
The ground segment
  • User terminals and RF gateways
  • The resource manager
  • Communication hubs
Most impacting mission concept trends
  • High Throughput Satellite (HTS) systems
  • Flexible & reconfigurable systems
  • Constellation systems

 

Module 1.4: Satellite Earth observation systems overview

Missions
  • Environment (meteorology, agriculture, forestry, etc.)
  • Intelligence (economic, security, defense)
Main parameters and drivers
  • Main characteristics of the observation targets (size, frequency of occurrence, wavelength of observability)
  • Design drivers (revisit, resolution, wavelength, day/night, all-weather, local, global, tasking cycle)
  • Going from requirements to launch and operations
System architecture
  • Space segment (number of satellites, orbits, agility, …)
  • Ground segment (stations, ISL, processing, dissemination)
Technologies
  • Optical, radar (imagery, altimetry), lidar
  • Connected systems: Geoint, Sigint
Duration & Timing

Duration & Timing

4 hours (240 mn)

Module 1.1: ~60 mn (including Q&As)
Module 1.2: ~60 mn (including Q&As)
Module 1.3: ~60 mn (including Q&As)
Module 1.4: ~60 mn (including Q&As)  

Delivery date

Delivery date

November 9, 2022 (2:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. CET)

Prerequisites

Prerequisites

This session has been designed as an overview of space engineering for attendees with no particular technical background or alternatively as a general introduction to more advanced courses in space engineering for attendees with a technical background.

Lecturer

Lecturer

● Mr. Frank AIROLDI, Satconsult (modules 1.1 to 1.4)

Lecturer

Frank AIROLDI

Senior Space Systems Expert

Frank AIROLDI is a Senior Space Systems Expert with over 40 years of experience in space program management and development. He has spent all his carrier in Airbus Group, from Matra to Airbus Defence & Space through Matra Marconi Space, Astrium, and EADS Astrium.

Frank’s latest position was Senior Project Manager at Airbus Defence & Space, leading transversal projects aimed at improving the performance of satellite development programs. Previously, Frank has been leading for nearly 14 years, as President & CEO, Intespace, the largest European environmental test center for space programs. Prior to Intespace, Frank acted as VP Industrial Director for EADS Astrium’s Telecommunication Satellites Business Unit. Before that, he spent nearly 10 years of his career in managing positions in payloads and satellites Assembly, Integration and Test (AIT) activities for Matra Marconi Space, ending as Head of the overall AIT Division in France and the United Kingdom. Before that, Frank held different positions in Matra Espace in on-board avionics development. In parallel with the above industrial responsibilities, Frank delivers lessons on Supply Chain Management and Environmental Tests for Spacecraft qualification at University of Montpellier (France) for an advanced Master in Space Engineering.

Frank holds an Electrical Engineering degree from “Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité” (now Centrale-Supelec) complemented by a CPA (HEC/Lagardère Group).