Theses and Dissertations
Issuing Body
Mississippi State University
Advisor
King, Roger L.
Committee Member
Donohoe, J. Patrick
Committee Member
Jones, Bryan A.
Date of Degree
8-5-2006
Document Type
Graduate Thesis - Open Access
Major
Electrical Engineering
Degree Name
Master of Science
College
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering
Department
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
Small satellites refer to a new breed of smaller and computationally capable satellites, which serve as a ?faster, better, cheaper? means of realizing space missions. To ensure success of a small satellite mission, it is important that systems engineering be applied at the initial stages of the program formalization to provide a basis for defining mission strategies, managing requirements, risk analysis, performing design trades and estimating cost. The objective of this thesis is to formalize a small satellite mission plan while providing recommendations in areas involving design optimization, systems engineering, project management, cost modeling, subsystem design and selection. Finally, this thesis details the preliminary design of a conceptual ?MSUSAT? small satellite, using Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) components, from a systems engineering perspective. It explains the choice of orbit, payload and other subsystem components that are necessary to ensure that the mission fulfils its objective.
URI
https://hdl.handle.net/11668/17322
Recommended Citation
Murali, Naveen, "A Systems Engineering Approach To Small Satellite Mission Formalization" (2006). Theses and Dissertations. 323.
https://scholarsjunction.msstate.edu/td/323
