Payload And Mission Definition in Space Sciences

by Edited by V. Mártínez Pillet , A. Aparicio , F. Sánchez

• ISBN13: 9780521858021
• ISBN10: 052185802X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-12-26
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

This book is for scientists and engineers involved in the definition and development of space science missions. The processes that such missions follow, from the proposal to a space agency, to a successful mission completion, are numerous. The rationale behind approval of a mission, its definition and the payload that it will include are topics that cannot be presented in undergraduate courses. This book contains contributions from experts who are involved in today's space missions at various levels. Chapters cover mission phases and implementation, launchers and cruise strategies, including gravity assist maneuvers and different thrust scenarios. The payload needed for remote sensing of the Universe at various wavelengths and for in-situ measurements is described in detail, and particular attention is paid to the most recent planetary landers. Whilst the book concentrates on the ESA program Cosmic Visions, its content is relevant to space science missions at all space agencies.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgements	ix
The life cycle of an ESA science mission and how to get involved	1	(16)
Alvaro Gimenez
Design issues for space science missions	17	(72)
Yves Langevin
Instrumentation in X-ray Astronomy	89	(36)
X. Barcons
EUV and UV imaging and spectroscopy from space	125	(60)
Richard A. Harrison
The luminosity oscillations imager, a space instrument: from design to science	185	(34)
Thierry Appourchaux
Hipparcos and Gaia: the development of space astrometry in Europe	219	(14)
M.A.C. Perryman
Space Physics Instrumentation and Missions	233	(90)
A. Balogh
Planetary observations and landers	323
A. Coradini