Two courses in Space-Systems Engineering

Two courses will be provided online in October 2021. Both one-day courses will be taught by Spacechips Ltd CEO, Dr. Rajan Bedi. Rajan previously, headed Mixed-Signal Space Electronics Design at Airbus Defence & Space in the UK for twelve years designing the Space Electronics for telecommunication, Earth-Observation, navigation and science missions. Rajan is also the author of Out-of-this-World-Design, the award-winning, free blog on Space Electronics, which has been read over three million times. Rajan has designed Space Electronics for over 70 missions. See course details and dates below.

1. Right-First-Time PCB Design & Layout for Spacecraft Avionics – 18 October.

Space is a harsh environment and PCBs must withstand the shocks and stresses of spacecraft launch, and then deliver the required functionality in a challenging vacuum environment with lots of thermal cycles. How do you choose a suitable dielectric? How to design your PCB stack to minimise EMI and susceptibility to external RFI? How can you re-use your PCB as a heatsink to help thermal control?

How do you decide on the maximum number of layers? How do you decide if a trace needs termination? What is the maximum current-carrying capacity of tracks? Right-first-time layout of RF, GHz digital, GSPS mixed signal, DC-DCs and switching regulators. What are the space-industry standards for PCB fabrication and should you use silkscreen or solder mask for space applications?

2. Mission Planning, Spectrum Management and Link-Budget Analyses – 19 October.

How do you design the RF up/downlinks between satellites and ground stations, as well as intersatellite communication between orbiting spacecraft, to maximise the BER/SNR of the received carrier. How to specify on-board receivers and transmitters, antenna size, and antenna types to optimise EIRP and G/T/? Are link power levels compliant with international standards, atmospheric losses and how to create link budgets to maximise the performance of payload and TT&C communications.

Spacechips’ training courses are unique and not offered by anyone else in the world! Numbers are limited to give you a personal and interactive education experience, and all attendees receive a personal bound copy of the training notes and an e-certificate.

Contact, events@spacechipsllc.com, for syllabi, testimonials, pricing and registration.