Spacecraft & Satellite Design

• European Space Components Information Exchange System - Facilitates European space industry to share information on satellite components

• GAO Space - Description of GAO Associates plus source of free code for space applications and support for aerospace.

• JPL Part Reliability - Guidelines for parts selection and space reliability. COTS parts used in Space applications.

• NASA Lessons Learned - NASA Lessons Learned Information System. Appears access is restricted to NASA and approved contractors.

• NASA Parts Selection List - Provides catalogs and specifications for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts to use in space systems.

• The Radiation Environment - Radiation environment for space.

• Rosetta Spacecraft Design - The Rosetta mission is an interplanetary mission whose main objective is to rendezvous with and make in-situ measurements of comet 46 P/Wirtanen. Design drivers and requirements.

• Slate - Where Satellites Go When They Die - Describes the process of and planning for decommissioning and "parking" of geosynchronous satellites.

• Small Satellites Home Page - Extensive collection of information on small satellites (nano-satellites and larger) and their uses.

• Software Engineering and Standardisation Section, ESA - Provides documentation, tools and project news from the spacecraft software section of the European Space Agency.

• Space Design Links - Links on satellite cost, thermal and environmental design.

• Space Environment and Effects Section, ESA - Provides data and tools on radiation, debris and other effects on space systems in flight. Includes scientific articles and events.

• Space Environment Links - Offers comprehensive directory.

• Space Environments & Effects Program - NASA's space environment program. Features overview, news, flight experiments, mathematical models and publications.

• Space Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Group - Design of space flight instruments, providing a range of services from conceptual studies to detailed design and analysis and the definition and management of tests.

• Space War - Site exploring the past, present, and future of space warfare.

• Spacecraft - Weblog for Discussion of Spacecraft Design, Dynamics and Control, and News.

• Spacecraft Technology Center at Texas A&M University - STC promotes commercially funded engineering research and technology development using the International Space Station (ISS) or other orbiting platforms as a test bed for developing and validating advanced spacecraft technology.

• SpaceWire UK - Design services for the space industry, focusing mainly on SpaceWire, the new communications standard adopted by ESA and NASA for future missions.

• Starnav 1 experiment mission web site - Starnav 1 startracker experiment that flew on STS-107 Columbia mission.