A curated list of useful resources for space mission design, space systems engineering, courses, visualisations, scripts and more. The focus is on free, open-source solutions. The list includes a range of fast, plain-english and web-based resources and more advanced ones.
If you don't know much about space, orbits, engineering, this is where you start.
- Basic Orbit Shapes - Orbits in plain english
- orbit visualiser - Quick web-based orbit visualiser
- LeoLabs, satellitetracker3d - See all satellites and debris in real time
- Gentry Lee's - Systems Engineering When the Canvas Is Blank - Learn about space systems engineering: the process satellites are designed
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- Plain English: Basic Orbit Shapes
- Plain English: Orbital Mechanics by Nick Morgan
- Orbit Types by NSSI
- Geometry of Parabolic and Hyperbolic Orbits
- Orbital Mechanics with Python - free on YouTube
- Build a Cubesat - free on Youtube
- Gentry Lee videos on Systems Engineering
- Common Definitions of Systems Engineering- Space Systems Engineering 101 w/ NASA
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Introduction to Space Systems Engineering
- https://github.com/mahran-sayed/awesome-aerospace-engineering - Aerospace Engineering learning master list
- open-space-toolkit - collection of versatile libraries for aerospace engineering use
- CubeSatSim- CubeSatSim is a low cost satellite emulator that runs on solar panels and batteries, transmits UHF radio telemetry, has a 3D printed frame, and can be extended by additional sensors and modules
- AWP - Astrodynamics with Python
- openspaceproject - OpenSpace is open-source Astronomy interactive data visualization software
- awesome-spacecraft-engineering-datasets - list of awesome and diverse datasets related to space vehicle engineering for industry and research
- LSIC's Lunar Engineering 101 - Video series (8), produced by the Lunar Surface Innovation Consortium for NASA, provides essential knowledge and design considerations for developing reliable lunar surface infrastructure and systems for future robotic and crewed missions.
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