Abstract To provide a context for later chapters, this chapter presents brief summaries of the responsibilities and functionalities of traditional ground and flight systems as viewed from the framework of a total system process, followed by highlights of the key drivers when making flight-ground trades. Details in the areas of attitude and orbit determination and control, mission design, and system engineering [47, 84, 92, 189, 191], which are essential for successful space missions, are beyond the scope of this book, but are well developed and interesting in their own right.
Overview of Flight and Ground Software
2009-10-10
12 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English