This new version of the "Spacecraft techniques and

technology" courses was written by more than eighty

engineers and experts specialised in the various fields.

The courses draw on the long experience and technical

competence of the Toulouse space centre in developing

and building satellites or experimental payloads. This

3-volume book is the 4^th edition of the course which has

now been updated and translated for the first time into

English.

All of the texts were written by specialists, the aim being to

pass on some of their know-how to engineers and

technicians wishing to widen or update their technical

knowledge. Whenever we needed to describe multidisciplinary

functions, we sought out engineers who were

in charge of these functions for space projects.

The first volume deals with missions and related

constraints, spacecraft dynamics, the space environment

and methods for developing and controlling the quality of

spacecraft.

The second volume deals with payloads (for telecommunications,

observation, science, location-navigation)

first from a mission perspective and then with respect to

their technical and technological aspects.

The third volume covers the techniques and technology

used for satellite platforms, namely, mechanical, structural

and thermal aspects, propulsion, stabilisation,

electricity and computing.