AE3811 Space Systems Laboratory
This course covers principles of spacecraft test programs, test philosophies and requirements of commercial, NASA, military programs, and evaluation as a team of a given spacecraft program test requirements .It covers component, subsystem, and system level tests. Environmental tests cover static, sinusoidal, acoustic, random, shock, modal, thermal balance and thermal vacuum tests. The course covers experiments in Fltsatcom Laboratory on satellite performance and other spacecraft test beds. The course also covers test effectiveness and history of on-orbit failures.
Lecture Hours
2
Lab Hours
2