Space Science: Spacecraft and Satellite Design

APCO Technologies SA designs and manufactures mechanical and electromechanical equipment for the space industry.

Guidelines for parts selection and space reliability.COTS parts used in Space applications.

RADiation and its Effect on Components and Systems. Updated information about RADECS association and RADECS conferences will be available on this site in English.

NASA Lessons Learned Information System. Appears access is restricted to NASA and approved contractors.

Links on satellite cost, thermal and environmental design.

The Planetary Society is developing a privately funded solar sail project with Cosmos Studios. The spacecraft will be developed, launched and operated in Russia.

SATSOFT is used for communication satellite antenna design, analysis, and coverage planning. Quickly assess antenna coverage and gain, conduct antenna sizing studies, develop shaped beam and multibeam antenna designs, and perform other satellite payload engineering tasks.

Discovery guidelines and requirements documents. Good reference collection.

A laboratory of the California Institute of Technology dedicated to developing low cost conceptual spacecraft design tools for concurrent space systems engineering.

Description of GAO Associates plus source of free code for space applications and support for aerospace.

Provide radiation effects services including measurements, data analysis, environment defintion, and technology assessment for space applications.

NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Includes organization, key personnel, mission, activities branches, and space-related bulletin boards.

An analysis of the viability of a potential manned mission to Mars.

Design of space flight instruments, providing a range of services from conceptual studies to detailed design and analysis and the definition and management of tests.

Radiation environment for space.

Experimental gravitational physics using drag-free satellites.