Space
Engineering
These pages provide a brief introduction to the space industry and to spacecraft
systems engineering. Follow
the links below for discussions on the background to the industry; the different type of
space mission; the costs involved in a typical mission; a description of the systems included in a
typical spacecraft and an expanded discussion on spacecraft attitude control systems.
1. Background
2. Mission Types
3. Mission Costs and reliability
4. Spacecraft Systems
5. Spacecraft Attitude
Control