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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 training on how space missions and instruments are planned. The training will always be guided through practical examples. The student will also get some basic training to the initial engineering design phases.
Some of the topics that will be covered in this subject are:
The intended learning outcomes of this course will be to:
Information on contact teaching time is available from the course guide.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 10 | |
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Assessment component D Two-page essay showing a case of online thermal simulation or radiation calculation or describing some prototyping laboratory work (if done on campus). There will be supporting online lectures and, if laboratory conditions allow for it, there will be face-to-face practical lectures. Individual feedback to the essay will be given online.
Assessment - week 12 of 1st sub-session Feedback - week 13 of 1st sub-session |
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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 | Apply | Understand the conditions that instrumentation and missions face in the space environment. Acquire knowledge about the environmental conditions that space exploration instruments have to withstand |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 30 | |
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Assessment component E Six-page essay (20%) and oral Q&A presentation (10%). Choose one space instrument, explain its technical conditions, the STM, scientific purpose, data products, scientific exploitation modes and results, environmental conditions and mission, agency, history of development of the instrument. There will be supporting online lectures Individual feedback for assay and Q&A presentation will be given online.
Assessment - week 12 of 1st sub-session Feedback - week 13 of 1st sub-session |
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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 | Apply | Understand the conditions that instrumentation and missions face in the space environment. Acquire knowledge about the environmental conditions that space exploration instruments have to withstand |
| Factual | Create | Analyse the purpose, design limitations and operation of one existing instrument for planetary exploration. Choose one existing space instrument, and present as in a Preliminary Design Review. |
| 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 component C Four-page essay describing two standards of space procedures and oral presentation to peers with Q&A session. The student will browse through the ECSS and download two, understand them and summarize them in two pages each which will be given for evaluation. The standards will also be presented online in a Q&A session. There will be supporting online lectures. Individual feedback for essay and Q&A session will be given online.
Assessment - week 11 of 1st sub-session Feedback - week 12 of 1st sub-session |
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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 instrument for planetary exploration. Choose one existing space instrument, and present as in a Preliminary Design Review. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
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Assessment component A A power point of 10 slides and a Q&A presentation describing the STM of an existing planetary exploration instrument. The students will search for information at the PDS, in refereed journals and in public pages of instrument providers. There will be supporting online lectures. Individual feedback for power point deliverable and the assimilation of the concepts as shown in the Q&A session will be given online.
Assessment - week 10 of 1st sub-session Feedback - week 11 of 1st sub-session |
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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 | Apply | Understand the conditions that instrumentation and missions face in the space environment. Acquire knowledge about the environmental conditions that space exploration instruments have to withstand |
| Factual | Create | Analyse the purpose, design limitations and operation of one existing instrument for planetary exploration. Choose one existing space instrument, and present as in a Preliminary Design Review. |
| Procedural | Evaluate | Understand how the science objectives are connected with the instrument requirements. Interpret the science traceability matrix of existing instrumentation. |
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 20 | |
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| Assessment Weeks | Feedback Weeks | |||
| Feedback |
Assessment component B Two-page essay: download data from one mission, plot and explain what is observed and the goals of the mission. Explain any label or readme file. Use JMARS or analyst NOTE book to have access to data of Mars/Moon. There will be supporting online lectures. Individual feedback for essay and Q&A session will be given online.
Assessment - week 11 of 1st sub-session Feedback - week 12 of 1st sub-session |
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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 instrument for planetary exploration. Choose one existing space instrument, and present as in a Preliminary Design Review. |
There are no assessments for this course.
| Assessment Type | Summative | Weighting | 100 | |
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| Knowledge Level | Thinking Skill | Outcome |
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| Factual | Create | Analyse the purpose, design limitations and operation of one existing instrument for planetary exploration. Choose one existing space instrument, and present as in a Preliminary Design Review. |
| 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 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. |
| Factual | Apply | Understand the conditions that instrumentation and missions face in the space environment. Acquire knowledge about the environmental conditions that space exploration instruments have to withstand |
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