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Sounder, 135 Sunspots, 85
South Atlantic Anomaly, 97 Surface phenomena, 142
soyuz, 12 Surveyor, 17
Space Shuttle, 9, 170, 194 Swath width, 40
Space waves, 108 Synchronization, 161
Spacecraft Synthetic aperture radar (SAR), 15,
batteries, 18 1 17,136, 147
charging, 98 System definition phase, 200
contol facilities, 194 System life cycle, 199
dry weight, 188 System life cycle phases, 200, 203
evolution, 195 System user, 194
performance, 100 Systems approach, 198
systems, 198 Systems engineering, 200
wet weight, 188
SPAWAR, 193 TACAN, 163
Specific energy density, 181 Tankage, 185
Specific gas constant, 59 Target incident angle, 147
Specific impulse, 60, 185, 187 TDRSS, 188
Spectrometer, 136 Telemetry processing, 190
Spheroid surface, 158 Telemetry signal, 188
Spin-stabilized, 171 Temporal, 149
SPOT, 19 Thermal control, 97
Sputnik 1,2, 3,54 Thermal gradients, 17 1
SSME, 61 Thermal subsystem, 183
SSTO, 21 Thermosphere, 91
Stable frequency, 155 Thrust, 57
Staging, 65 Thrusters, 172, 185
Star mapper, 176 Time, 201
Star trackers, 172 Time-in-view, 42
Static mass estimate, 169 Time/frequency, 136
Station-keeping, 72, 186 Timing signals, 155
Status monitoring, 192 TIROS, 14
Stefan-Boltzmann, 8 1 Tiros 1, 14, 132
Stratopause, 90 Titan, 170
Stratosphere, 90 TOMS, 14
Structure subsystem, 190 TOPEXPoseidon, 15
STS, 9 Total energy, 35
Subsystem mass values, 192 Tracking, 192
Sun (see Solar) Trade studies, 205
Sun composition, 77 Trade-offs, 201
Sun sensors, 172 Transfer orbit, 7 I
Sun-synchronous orbit, 45 Transit, 154, 156, 163