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Space System Architecture and Design
Art: Ottomar Anschütz, Lilienthal im unruhigen Gleitflug, 1894 · Public domain
- Instructor
- Prof. Daniel Hastings
- Term
- Fall 2004
- Level
- Graduate
- What's inside
- 1 lecture note · 1 reading · 59 other files · 3 web pages
- Materials open
- MIT OCW
About this course
Source: MIT OpenCourseWare 16.892J Space System Architecture and Design, Fall 2004, Prof. Daniel Hastings — original course page on ocw.mit.edu ↗. License: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Study order: MIT's own listing order, section by section. Taken from MIT's published course files, downloaded from ocw.mit.edu on September 23, 2026. How RedLectern is built.
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- A lecture sequence of 12 items is confirmed. Assignment and exam materials exist too, but MIT's own order for them could not be verified, so they're shown as materials below rather than a sequence.
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Readings
10 files
- This reading material is a report by the Defense Science Board/Air Force Scientific Advisory Board… (02030acq_rep03.pdf) Download
- This is a reading material on NASA system engineering (nasasysenghbook.pdf) Download
- This contains Report of the Defense Science Board/ Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Joint Task… (09020_dsb_space.pdf) Download
- This resource contains Incorporating Uncertainty into Conceptual Design of Space System… (09060uncertainty.pdf) Download
- This reading includes graphs based on Uncertainty in space systems (09060uncertain2.pdf) Download
- This resource contains readings conclusions on Space System Architecture and Design (09060uncertain3.pdf) Download
- . “Applications of Uncertainty Analysis Applied to the Conceptual Design of Space Systems.” (Courtesy of Myles A. Walton and Daniel E. Hastings. Used with permission.) Download
- Required ESD Definitions. Download
- This reading material is based on the European Space Policy (12030sp_grnpapr.pdf) Download
- Response to EC Green Paper on “European Space Policy” from Students and Young Space Professionals. (Courtesy of Shane Kemper. Used with permission.) Download
Lecture Notes
17 files
- Lecture 1 · Framing document Download
- Lecture 2 · Framing document Download
- Lecture 3 · Outline Download
- Lecture 4 · Outline Download
- Lecture 5 · Outline Download
- Lecture 6 · Outline Download
- Lecture 7 · Framing document Download
- Efficient Searches of Tradespaces: A Multiobjective, Multidisciplinary Design Optimization Methodology for the… (Courtesy of Cyrus Jilla. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 9 · Outline Download
- Lecture 9 · Framing document Download
- Lecture 10 · Outline Download
- Lecture 10 · Framing document Download
- Flexibility for Space Systems II: Calculations (Courtesy of Roshanak Nilchiani, Carole Joppin, and Daniel Hastings. Used with permission.) Download
- Lecture 11 · Outline Download
- Lecture 11 · Framing document Download
- Policy Issues in Space System Architectures Guest lecture: Hal Hagemeier - National Security Space Architecting Download
- Lecture 12 · Outline Download
Assignments
- This is a description for project assignment on Quick-Launch Spacetug (5_mateproject.pdf) Download
- Lecture 5 · Modeling and Exploring the Tradespace Download
- Lecture 6 · Integrated Concurrent Engineering Download
Other materials from this course
29 files
- This course material is on Modeling and Exploring the Tradespace (lecture5.pdf) Download
- This reading material is a lecture on Space Systems and Definitions Framing Document by Annalisa… (01010wk1_framing.pdf) Download
- This reading material is on the Lecture 2: Classical Solutions Framing Document by Hugh McManus… (02010wk2_framing.pdf) Download
- This reading material is on the Introduction to MATE-CON (03000outline3v3.pdf) Download
- This lecture session is on "SSPARC book" material for Lecture 3 (03010lec3framev5.pdf) Download
- This is a reading material on MATEing: Exploring the Wedding Tradespace (03020mateing1.pdf) Download
- This course material is on Architecture Trade Space Exploration (3999lecture3v2.pdf) Download
- This resource has required and suggested readings on Utility Theory (04000lec4outlnv3.pdf) Download
- This lecture material is on "SSPARC book" material for lecture 4 (04010lec4frame13.pdf) Download
- This is a report on Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium - A joint venture… (04998util_v4_sm.pdf) Download
- This reading material is on Modeling and Exploring the Tradespace Week 5 Framing (5000lec5outlnv2.pdf) Download
- This is a draft on "SSPARC BOOK" material for Lecture 5 (5001lec5framev10.pdf) Download
- The reading in this resource are on Integrated Concurrent Engineering Week 6 Outline (06000lec6outinv3.pdf) Download
- This is a draft on "SSPARC book" material for lecture 6 (06001lec6framev4.pdf) Download
- This resource includes readings on Spacecraft Subsystems (06005xtossubsyst.pdf) Download
- This resource gives a discussion on Integrated Concurrent Engineering (ICE) and MATE-CON (06999lecture6.pdf) Download
- These readings are based on Space Systems, Policy, and Architecture Research Consortium (SSPARC) (08002lec8ssparc.pdf) Download
- This resource contains learning objectives, required reading and homework on Uncertainty (09000_uncert_int.pdf) Download
- This readings contains a Framework for Understanding Uncertainty and itsMitigation and Exploitation… (09030mcman_frmwk.pdf) Download
- This resource is a reading material on understanding uncertainty and its mitigation and… (09999_unc_slides.pdf) Download
- This resource contains learning objectives, required readings and Homework on Flexibility (10000flex_intro.pdf) Download
- This resource includes a literature review on Flexibility (10030flexrevdef.pdf) Download
- This resouce contains Learning Objectives, Required Reading and Recommended Reading on Flexibility… (11000flex_2_int.pdf) Download
- This reading contains Learning objectives, Required reading and Recommended reading on Policy &… (12000pol_intro.pdf) Download
- This is a draft on "SSPARC BOOK" material for lecture 12 (12010lec12frame2.pdf) Download
- This materials has a Final Research/Analysis Paper (12020_spacewar.pdf) Download
- This course material is on Strategic Architectural Approaches at NASA (architecture_mit.pdf) Download
- Strategic Focus and Unity of Effort Across National Security Space (nss_architecting.pdf) Download
- nasasysenghbookpdf.pdf Download
Course outline
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Lecture 2: Classic Solutions
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Lecture 3: Introduction to MATE
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Lecture 4: Applied Utility Theory
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Lecture 5: Modeling and Exploring the Tradespace
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Lecture 6: Integrated Concurrent Engineering
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Lecture 7: Examples - XTOS and SPACETUG and MATE-CON Simulation
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Lecture 8: Efficient Searches of Tradespaces
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Lecture 9: Uncertainty and Risk
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Lecture 10: Flexibility for Space Systems I
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Lecture 11: Flexibility for Space Systems II
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Lecture 12: Policy Issues in Space System Architectures
MIT OpenCourseWare, Prof. Daniel Hastings, 16.892J Space System Architecture and Design, Fall 2004.
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