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NewSpace Systems Engineering
This book provides a guide to engineering successful and reliable products for the NewSpace industry. By discussing both the challenges involved in designing technical artefacts, and the challenges of growing an organisation, the book presents a unique approach to the topic.
New Space Systems Engineering explores numerous difficulties encountered when designing a space system from scratch on limited budgets, non-existing processes, and great deal of organizational fluidity and emergence. It combines technical topics related to design, such as system requirements, modular architectures, and system integration, with topics related to organizational design, complexity, systems thinking, design thinking and a model based systems engineering.
Its integrated approach mean this book will be of interest to researchers, engineers, investors, and early-stage space companies alike. It will help New Space founders and professionals develop their technologies and business practices, leading to more robust companies and engineering development.
New Space Systems Engineering explores numerous difficulties encountered when designing a space system from scratch on limited budgets, non-existing processes, and great deal of organizational fluidity and emergence. It combines technical topics related to design, such as system requirements, modular architectures, and system integration, with topics related to organizational design, complexity, systems thinking, design thinking and a model based systems engineering.
Its integrated approach mean this book will be of interest to researchers, engineers, investors, and early-stage space companies alike. It will help New Space founders and professionals develop their technologies and business practices, leading to more robust companies and engineering development.
279 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 2021
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About the author
Ignacio Chechile
7 books2 followers(English)
Ignacio Chechile is an engineer living in Helsinki. He has published a book titled NewSpace Systems Engineering (Springer, 2021), which tackles the challenges of creating complex technology in the context of early-stage startups, and another book titled "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" in 2023 (Springer). He has independently published a free e-book in Spanish called La Ciencia Dura, which explores the hurdles and beauties of STEM and studying engineering. His new book, "Engineering is Broken: We Are Doing It The Wrong Way" —scheduled for April 2026—is an in-depth analysis of the engineering practice in times of red tape and AI.
(Spanish)
Ignacio Chechile es un ingeniero argentino radicado en Helsinki, Finlandia. Publicó un libro titulado "NewSpace Systems Engineering" (Springer, 2021, en inglés) donde se aboca a describir el proceso de diseñar sistemas espaciales en el contexto de lo que se llama "NewSpace" que es una industria global con un gran componente "startup" con ciclos de vida cortos y diseños de bajo costo. También publicó de forma independiente un libro gratuito en español llamado "La Ciencia Dura" que se adentra en el pensamiento sistémico y en los desafíos de las carreras STEM. En 2023 publicó "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" a través de Springer, y en 2026 publica su último libro "Engineering is Broken", una suerte de ensayo analítico sobre la práctica de la ingeniería en tiempos de burocracia e IA.
Ignacio Chechile is an engineer living in Helsinki. He has published a book titled NewSpace Systems Engineering (Springer, 2021), which tackles the challenges of creating complex technology in the context of early-stage startups, and another book titled "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" in 2023 (Springer). He has independently published a free e-book in Spanish called La Ciencia Dura, which explores the hurdles and beauties of STEM and studying engineering. His new book, "Engineering is Broken: We Are Doing It The Wrong Way" —scheduled for April 2026—is an in-depth analysis of the engineering practice in times of red tape and AI.
(Spanish)
Ignacio Chechile es un ingeniero argentino radicado en Helsinki, Finlandia. Publicó un libro titulado "NewSpace Systems Engineering" (Springer, 2021, en inglés) donde se aboca a describir el proceso de diseñar sistemas espaciales en el contexto de lo que se llama "NewSpace" que es una industria global con un gran componente "startup" con ciclos de vida cortos y diseños de bajo costo. También publicó de forma independiente un libro gratuito en español llamado "La Ciencia Dura" que se adentra en el pensamiento sistémico y en los desafíos de las carreras STEM. En 2023 publicó "Space Technology: A Short Introduction" a través de Springer, y en 2026 publica su último libro "Engineering is Broken", una suerte de ensayo analítico sobre la práctica de la ingeniería en tiempos de burocracia e IA.
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February 19, 2021
This book is an informative and entertaining read. It is suitable for newcomers in (new)space, as it contains some bare bone space tech fundamentals (e.g., functions of satellite subsystems and basic celestial mechanics). Even after 10 years in the field, the book gave me valuable insights and approaches I have introduced in my work ranging from student-built CubeSats to OldSpace science missions.
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