Technical Services Engineering Capabilities

Systems Engineering, Integration and Test

• Design trade studies
• Spacecraft, instrument, and ground system conceptual design
• Requirements development and flow down
• System interface definition
• Trajectory and orbital mechanics analysis
• Spacecraft control dynamics analysis
• Spacecraft attitude determination
• Integrated spacecraft analysis
• Scientific requirements analysis
• Detailed instrument design
• Instrument accommodation and interface engineering
• Integration & test (I&T) plan preparation
• I&T operations and support
• Launch vehicle integration and launch operations support
• Flight integration

Shuttle Payload Integration and On-Orbit Servicing

• Mission analysis and planning
• Conceptual design and requirement definition
• Development planning and scheduling
• System test and evaluation
• Mission rehearsal and training
• Fabrication of models and prototypes
• Launch site integration/deintegration
• Flight assurance plan and procedures
• Safety reliability plan
• Astronaut EVA Training
• Crew aids and tools
• Neutral Buoyancy Lab test support
• Mission operations support

Instrument Systems Design and Analysis

• Hardware design and development
• Laser and electro-optics engineering
• Detector development and calibration
• Opto-mechanical design
• Alignment/tolerance analysis and error budgeting
• Stray light analysis
• Laboratory test and measurement support

Mechanical Engineering

• Component, assembly, and system design, development build and test
• 3D mechanical CAD and solid modeling
• Mass properties, thermal view factors, plume effects, and skin forces
• Assessment of interfaces, clearances, and line of sight
• Direct Production of detailed drawings numerically linked to layouts and assemblies
• Structural dynamics and stress analysis
• JSC 2226 fracture analysis
• Thermal analysis of satellites and space hardware
• Radiation heat transfer
• Convective heat transfer
• Orbital heating
• Two phase/heat pipe thermal design and analysis
• Space Shuttle experiment thermal analysis
• Thermal vacuum testing and test planning

Electrical Engineering

• Design and analysis (digital, analog, power systems, RF systems, optoelectronic systems)
• FPGA design (VHDL) and simulations
• Schematic capture
• Printed circuit board layout
• Packaging design
• Harness and cable design

Software Engineering and Software IV&V

• Systems software analysis and design
• Flight and ground design and development
• Real-time embedded design and development
• ACS control system software design, development & simulation
• Windows NT, UNIX, VMS programming
• Database development (Access & Oracle)
• Flight and ground software IV&V