Payload and Mission Definition in Space Sciences [Hardcover]

A text intended for scientists and engineers involved in the definition and development of space science missions.The processes that space missions follow, from the proposal to a space agency, to a successful mission completion, are numerous. This book is for scientists and engineers involved in the definition and development of space science missions, and contains contributions from experts who are involved in today's space missions at various levels.The processes that space missions follow, from the proposal to a space agency, to a successful mission completion, are numerous. This book is for scientists and engineers involved in the definition and development of space science missions, and contains contributions from experts who are involved in today's space missions at various levels.The processes that space science missions follow, from proposal to a space agency, to successful mission completion, are numerous. The rationale behind approval of a mission and its payload cannot be presented in undergraduate courses. This book contains contributions from experts involved in today's space missions at various levels. Chapters cover mission phases and implementation, launchers and cruise strategies, including gravity assist maneuvers and different thrust scenarios. Although the book concentrates on the ESA program Cosmic Visions, its content is relevant to space science missions at all space agencies.1. The life cycle of an ESA mission and how to get involved Alvaro Gimenez; 2. Design issues for space science missions Yves Langevin; 3. Instrumentation in space X-ray astronomy X. Barcons; 4. EUV and UV imaging and spectroscopy from space Richard Harrison; 5. The luminosity oscillations imager, a space instrument: from design to science Thierry Appourchaux; 6. Hipparcos and Gaia: the development of space astrometry in Europe M. Perryman; 7. Space physics and the space environment A. Balogh; 8. Planetary observations and landers A. Coradini. This book gives a great deal lc‘