| Summary: | This dissertation presents a method for space system mission analysis. It is based on a new systems engineering approach namely "Enhanced Total View Framework (ETVF)", which seeks the concurrent development of the product and organizations involved. ETVF is also described in this dissertation and as the name suggests it is an enhancement of the "Total View Framework". The proposed method for space system mission analysis is called "Total Mission Analysis for Space System (TMASS)". It takes into account all space system life cycle, from the time the space system is qualified for use or operation to the time it is decommissioned or disposed of. Indeed, TMASS encompasses all the high-level procedures before, during and after the space system launching and operational phases. It includes space system non-operational and operational processes, comprising the development of the whole system where the space system is inserted. TMASS is applied to the Mission Analysis of the SARA Suborbital System. The results obtained by using the traditional approach are briefly compared with the results obtained by using the proposed method. TMASS is supposed to be applied in the earlier phase of a space system development. In addition, ETVF and TMASS intents are also to revive the logic behind the systems engineering activity which with time has become only a formality.
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