JPL Part Reliablility

Guidelines for parts selection and space reliability.COTS parts used in Space applications.
http://parts.jpl.nasa.gov/

Association RADECS

RADiation and its Effect on Components and Systems. Updated information about RADECS association and RADECS conferences will be available on this site in English.
http://www.radecs.org/

NASA Lessons Learned

NASA Lessons Learned Information System. Appears access is restricted to NASA and approved contractors.
http://llis.nasa.gov/

Space Design Links

Links on satellite cost, thermal and environmental design.
http://www.ssl.umd.edu/space/design.html

Cosmos 1: the first solar sail

The Planetary Society is developing a privately funded solar sail project with Cosmos Studios. The spacecraft will be developed, launched and operated in Russia.
http://www.planetary.org/solarsail/

Communications Satellite Software

SATSOFT is used for communication satellite antenna design, analysis, and coverage planning. Quickly assess antenna coverage and gain, conduct antenna sizing studies, develop shaped beam and multibeam antenna designs, and perform other satellite payload
http://www.satsoft.com/distributors.htm

Discovery Program Documents

Discovery guidelines and requirements documents. Good reference collection.
http://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/discovery/dpl.html

Laboratory for Spacecraft and Mission Design

A laboratory of the California Institute of Technology dedicated to developing low cost conceptual spacecraft design tools for concurrent space systems engineering.
http://www.lsmd.caltech.edu/

GAO Space

Description of GAO Associates plus source of free code for space applications and support for aerospace.
http://www.gaoassociates.com

Radiation-effects.com

Provide radiation effects services including measurements, data analysis, environment defintion, and technology assessment for space applications.
http://www.radiation-effects.com

Aerospace Systems, Concepts, and Analysis

NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Includes organization, key personnel, mission, activities branches, and space-related bulletin boards.
http://discovery.larc.nasa.gov/

Manned Mission To Mars: Manned Mars Vehicle System Final Report

An analysis of the viability of a potential manned mission to Mars.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Galaxy/7191/

Space Mechanical & Thermal Engineering Group

Design of space flight instruments, providing a range of services from conceptual studies to detailed design and analysis and the definition and management of tests.
http://www.sstd.rl.ac.uk/Mectherm

The Radiation Environment

Radiation environment for space.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/wma/Background/rad_env.html

Drag-free satellites.

Experimental gravitational physics using drag-free satellites.
http://www.dragfreesatellite.com/

Space War

Site exploring the past, present, and future of space warfare.
http://spacewar.netfirms.com

European Space Components Information Exchange System

Facilitates European space industry to share information on satellite components
https://escies.org/

Space Environment and Effects Section, ESA

Provides data and tools on radiation, debris and other effects on space systems in flight. Includes scientific articles and events.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/WMA/

Software Engineering and Standardisation Section, ESA

Provides documentation, tools and project news from the spacecraft software section of the European Space Agency.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/EME/index.htm

Space Environments & Effects Program

NASA's space environment program. Features overview, news, flight experiements, mathematical models and publications.
http://see.msfc.nasa.gov/

Astronautics and Spacecraft Design

Offers an aerospace professor's comprehensive and updated collection of spacecraft design links.
http://ame-www.usc.edu/bio/mikeg/astromike/index.html

Applied Technology Space and Satellite Training

Offers overview of courses provided in spacecraft design for engineers and scientists.
http://www.ATIcourses.com/

NASA Parts Selection List

Provides catalogs and specifications for electrical, electronic, and electromechanical (EEE) parts to use in space systems.
http://nepp.nasa.gov/npsl/

Space Environment Links

Offers comprehensive directory.
http://www.estec.esa.nl/wmwww/WMA/other.html

JPL Radiation Effects Database

RADNET-Interactive contains radiation effects test data for total ionizing dose (TID)and single event effects (SEE).
http://radnet.jpl.nasa.gov/index.htm

Spacecraft

Weblog for Discussion of Spacecraft Design, Dynamics and Control, and News.
http://www.aoe.vt.edu/~cdhall/Space

Spacecraft Technology Center at Texas A&M University

STC promotes commercially funded engineering research and technology development using the International Space Station (ISS) or other orbiting platforms as a test bed for developing and validating advanced spacecraft technology.
http://stc.tamu.edu

eclipse aerospace

Add-ons for orbiter space flight simulator created for educational purposes and includes spacecraft, satelittes, interplanetary probes and surface bases. Also competing in the virtual x-prize.
http://www.freewebs.com/eclipseaerospace/

Rosetta Spacecraft Design

The Rosetta mission is an interplanetary mission whose main objective is to rendezvous with and make in-situ measurements of comet 46 P/Wirtanen. Design drivers and requirements.
http://sci.esa.int/science-e/www/area/index.cfm?fareaid=13

Small Satellites Home Page

Extensive collection of information on small satellites (nano-satellites and larger) and their uses.
http://centaur.sstl.co.uk/SSHP/index.html

Spacecraft Weather Hazard and Anomaly Forecasting

Provides software and data repository for analysing and predicting space environment threats to spacecraft.
http://geoshaft.space.qinetiq.com/geoshaft/

Satellite Communication: References

Reference papers and links.
http://www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~jain/refs/sat_refs.htm

Starnav 1 experiment mission web site

Starnav 1 startracker experiment that flew on STS-107 Columbia mission.
http://starnav1.tamu.edu

SpaceWire UK

Design services for the space industry, focusing mainly on SpaceWire, the new communications standard adopted by ESA and NASA for future missions.
http://www.spacewire.co.uk

Slate - Where Satellites Go When They Die

Describes the process of and planning for decommissioning and "parking" of geosynchronous satellites.
http://slate.msn.com/id/2117519/

Radiation Dose, Shielding, and Modeling Reports

A few technical reports in PDF format covering space radiation dose minimization, radiation shielding concepts, radiation shield design, and dosimetry.
http://polyrad.org/Radiation%20Dose,%20Shielding,%20Shield%20Design,%20and%20Dose%20Modeling%20Papers.htm

Practical Spacecraft

Spacecraft design resource for amateur and commercial space vehicle construction
http://www.reelspace.org.uk