Curriculum 6 - Engineering and satellite platform technologies

This track provides a series of engineering courses and seminars for the in-depth study of design techniques and the development of space systems (e.g., satellites or rovers for planetary exploration), for the calculation of orbital parameters, for the development and sizing of propulsion systems, telecommunication systems and on-board systems of power and electrical and computing, and generally for the development of on-board software.

The current evolution of space systems is toward satellites of very different scales, from CUBESAT to to interplanetary navigation satellites, which clearly have very different demands and constraints differentiated. Particular emphasis will be given to the interaction between the application (and thus the type of space system), the relative constraints, and the possibilities offered by the various choices, with a systems approach to the design of both the system and its subsystems. Approach that will then be specifically declined in the various types of possible applications.

Both classical design techniques and more advanced techniques based on models (model-based system and software engineering) and advanced simulation systems, with a focus on multiphysics simulations, which are necessary because of the strong interaction (thermal, electrical and electromagnetic, structural) between subsystems and electromagnetic compatibility.

The emerging Internet of Remote Things paradigm for the integration of telecommunications, monitoring and data acquisition and processing systems. Particular attention will be devoted to space qualification techniques for instrumentation and satellites systems that are to operate in space, as well as issues related to their reliability.

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