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This course gives an overview of the main aspects of the development and exploitation of instrumentation for space exploration. In this course the student will get introduced to the main stages of design of space exploration mission and its instrumentation, the constraints that must be satisfied, and how the data are produced and released. The training will be focused on practical cases, using when possible online tools. Students will get some basic training on project management in space projects, structural and thermal modelling and will get familiarized with the ECSS standards and the planetary data archive.
| Study Type | Postgraduate | Level | 5 |
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| Term | First Term | Credit Points | 15 credits (7.5 ECTS credits) |
| Campus | Aberdeen | Sustained Study | No |
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The course will include an up-to-date knowledge on how space missions and instruments are planned, developed and deployed.
Some of the topics that will be covered in this subject are:
· Overview of some of space exploration missions, including an up-to-date introduction to the Lunar and Mars exploration programs, the deep space exploration program and the missions that are devoted to searching for life and habitable environments beyond the Earth.
· In-Situ Instrumentation and Remote Sensing – Comparison, Pros/Cons, Mission examples.
· Space environment.
· Instrument design for space missions. From proposal to integration and testing.
· Science Traceability Matrix (STM): objectives, measurements, resolution.
· Project management in space missions (schedule, cost, human resources, work packages).
· Planetary Data System and Planetary Science Archive and online visualization tools.
· European Standards for Space.
The intended learning outcomes of this course will be to:
Understand the conditions that instrumentation and missions face in the space environment.
· Understand the main steps of the qualification of space instrumentation and the standards for space projects.
· Understand how instrument data are released, documented, archived and how they can be interpreted.
· Understand how the science objectives are connected with the instrument requirements.
· Develop a project management plan of an instrument for planetary exploration.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Development of an Instrument Traceability Matrix for a hypothetical space mission |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main steps of the qualification of space instrumentation. Acquire knowledge about the European standards for space projects, learn to interpret the procedures and describe two of them. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how instrument data are released, documented and how they can be interpreted. Acquire knowledge about data archiving and sharing policies and online tools for visualisation. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 40 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Creation of a project management plan for a space mission, covering schedules, costs, human resources, and work packages. |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main steps of the qualification of space instrumentation. Acquire knowledge about the European standards for space projects, learn to interpret the procedures and describe two of them. |
| Factual | Create | Analyse the purpose, design limitations and operation of one existing or hypothetical instrument for planetary exploration and develop a project management plan for the instrument on a mission. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how the science objectives are connected with the instrument requirements. Interpret the science traceability matrix of existing instrumentation. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how instrument data are released, documented and how they can be interpreted. Acquire knowledge about data archiving and sharing policies and online tools for visualisation. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Review of planetary missions and instrument designs |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main steps of the qualification of space instrumentation. Acquire knowledge about the European standards for space projects, learn to interpret the procedures and describe two of them. |
There are no assessments for this course.
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual | Understand | Understand the main steps of the qualification of space instrumentation. Acquire knowledge about the European standards for space projects, learn to interpret the procedures and describe two of them. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how instrument data are released, documented and how they can be interpreted. Acquire knowledge about data archiving and sharing policies and online tools for visualisation. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how the science objectives are connected with the instrument requirements. Interpret the science traceability matrix of existing instrumentation. |
| Factual | Create | Analyse the purpose, design limitations and operation of one existing or hypothetical instrument for planetary exploration and develop a project management plan for the instrument on a mission. |
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