Digital Twins: Your Key to Successful Spacecraft Design

This white paper describes why both public agencies and private businesses must focus on digitalization in the Space 4.0 industry. It explains how Simcenter can help space companies innovate their products and processes faster through the digital twin.

The privatization of the space industry drives the need for cheaper and more efficient spacecraft design. Launch prices drop as spacecraft engineering becomes part of a demand-driven economy. Simultaneously, public investments keep growing, and crewed space exploration revives.

This evolution shakes up some fundamentals of space systems engineering. Companies must concentrate on reducing the time, cost and risks of spacecraft design while delivering excellence and dealing with complexity.

This paper explores reasons why the digital twin has become a necessity for spacecraft systems engineering. It describes the factors driving the transformation of the industry and solutions to achieve spacecraft design priorities.

You will gain insights into applications of the digital twin technologies for:

  • Propulsion system performance engineering
  • Fluid dynamics and heat transfer
  • Structures, systems and robots
  • Thermal management
  • Electromagnetic performance engineering
  • Spacecraft safety and mission assurance
  • Integration, verification and qualification

Your download is sponsored by Siemens Digital Industries Software.