SYEG 587 Resilient Space Systems Design

3 semester hours

The concepts presented in this course provide guidance for designing for resilience and the trades that are best considered to accomplish it. Commercial and Civil space systems designers have to consider the impact of hazards to satellites and planetary probes that include solar flares and space weather, the natural radiation environment and other threats. Designers of military satellites have to consider nuclear effects and intentional interference in addition to the natural hazards. As space grows more congested, additional threats are posed by neighboring satellites and the growing problem of space debris. The study of resilience encompasses all of these concerns as well as the mitigation of emerging threats to both satellites and the associated ground systems, such as cyber-attacks.