Performance and Fault Diagnosis and Prediction of Spacecraft Systems
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Aerospace Science and Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 August 2026 | Viewed by 135
Special Issue Editor
Interests: space environment; space systems; nanosatellites design; atomic oxygen and UV; thermal vacuum; physics of the space environment; design of protective systems for the space environment; mission analysis; validation of space systems and satellites
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This Special Issue aims to collect papers from scientists around the world regarding the pre-flight, in-flight and post-flight performance analysis of spacecraft systems and subsystems, as well as performance and fault predictions and diagnosis with ground-tests, numerical simulations, and post-test analysis. These contributions can be related to the effects of the space environment on spacecraft systems and to the design, production, and testing of spacecraft systems. In this Special Issue, we hope to feature contributions on the following topics to better understand the effects of operative and test environments on spacecraft systems: numerical predictions, acceptance, and qualification ground-tests; and in-flight performance analysis and post-test or post-mission analysis including optical microscopy, SEM/EDS, and/or spectroscopy methods for the evaluation of spacecraft system behavior.
Dr. Andrea Delfini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- space environment
- physics
- spacecraft systems
- numerical simulation
- non-destructive analysis
- qualification tests
- acceptance tests
- fault diagnosis
- performance analysis
- microscopy
- spectroscopy
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