Getting It Right

Establishing Norm of Behavior for Satellite Collision Avoidance Maneuver Planning

Have you ever thought about the issues and strategies of establishing a set of "Norms of Behavior" in spacecraft collision avoidance maneuvering? There are a lot of steps that go into such an endeavor. This blog post will explore strategies for satellite systems that leverage existing documents and approaches.

Extraterrestrial Launch Campaigns

Have you ever wondered about the challenges of building extraterrestrial ground systems and performing pre-launch anomaly resolution during an Earth-return launch campaign? As you might guess, there are a lot of things that go into such an endeavor. Additionally, numerous things can go wrong, too. This blog post will explore the complexities of successfully launching a spacecraft from the Lunar or Martian surface.

The Moonshot’s Secret Sauce: Enterprise Integration

President John F. Kennedy declared a national goal of ‘landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth’ in an address to Congress on May 25, 1961. As the first ‘moonshot,’ the Apollo program knitted together an industrial base and business enterprise of 400,000 people – 33,200 federal and 377,000 contract employees – to engineer and execute a round trip to the moon in less than a decade.

The Crucial Role of Advanced Commercial Microelectronics in Revolutionizing the Space Industry

The space industry stands at the threshold of a transformative era fueled by the convergence of cutting-edge technologies and innovative philosophies in program leadership. The integration of advanced commercial microelectronics has emerged as a pivotal force in reshaping the landscape of space missions. Previous generation of satellites had the advantage of drawing upon MIL-Spec parts that represented near state-of-the-art. The figure below, however, shows that global demand for semiconductors has experienced a significant shift in its end markets and resulting user demands.

Getting It Right focuses on industry collaboration for mission success by sharing lessons learned, best practices, and engineering advances in response to the nation’s toughest challenges. The Getting It Right newsletter is published quarterly by the Aerospace Corporate Chief Engineer's Office.