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16. Spacecraft I

Course subject(s) Space Lectures

In this lecture Prof. Ir. B. Ambrosius talks about spacecraft. He explains how different types of missions give rise to different spacecraft configurations. He then relates this to the different ways of stabilizing a spacecraft, and which would be optimal in certain situations.

In the second part of the lecture he talks about different cases such as lander configurations and spacecraft designed to sustain life. He concludes the lecture by talking about reliability.
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Spacecraft I

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