The UASAL Space Hardware Handbook

A living collection of documents for low-cost space instrumentation builders with an astronomical/optical bent, automatically updated from source on GitHub maintained by the UArizona Space Astrophysics Lab and hosted at: uasal.github.io/spacehardwarehandbook-public/.

Authors: Ewan S Douglas, Sai Krishanth Pulikesi Mannan, Jess A Johnson, Sanford Selznick, Dr. Robert Stone, Stephanie Rinaldi.

Cite as:

Douglas, Ewan S. et al (2023). spacehardwarehandbook-public. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8331489

Index of topics:

Mechanics:

• Generic Fastener Torquing & Staking Procedure
• Hardware Test Environments
• Materials and Surfaces
• Thermal Environment
• Vacuum Environment
• Fasteners
• Launch Environment
• Factors of safety

Electronics

• Radiation environment
• Imaging Equipment
• Electrical Connectors

Optics:

• Cleaning (space) optics

Software:

• Git Startup

misc.

• Reports on items of general interest

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