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In the chapter “Spacecraft Design” the systems engineering process is described, starting from a mission statement and deriving goals and requirements from it. The treatment of design drivers and trade-offs is discussed as well as the use of concurrent engineering.
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Tatnall, A.R.L. (2022). Spacecraft Design. In: Sellmaier, F., Uhlig, T., Schmidhuber, M. (eds) Spacecraft Operations. Springer Aerospace Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-88593-9_2
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