The last two decades of space exploration have been characterized by the origin of a
disruptive idea, the New Space concept. This change of paradigm is focused on reducing …

I. Introduction uring the last decade, space systems and exploration architectures have
become more complex and more articulated. The emergent behaviors arising from the …

The IDR/UPM Institute (Instituto Universitario de Microgravedad 'Ignacio da Riva')
established a Concurrent Design Facility (CDF) for space mission design in 2011. This …

In recent years, space projects have evolved to faster and more variable projects. To adjust
the design processes in accordance, new work methodologies arise, as the Concurrent …

Designing for space implies the design of complex systems in a highly uncertain
environment. These designs require involvement of expertise on various domains and …

Concurrent Design (CD) has been applied in space missions and systems designs since the
European Space Agency (ESA) evaluating the benefits of CD towards assessment studies …

ONCURRENT Design has been promoted by the European Space Agency (ESA) since the
late nineties. In order to increase efficiency of the early design phases for complex space …

Early design studies, especially for advanced projects, are often considered as not-so-
relevant and far from reality since the outcome is usually and “solely” a set of documents …

The term Concurrent Engineering is used in different engineering disciplines to mean
different things, but in the aerospace domain the usage of the term is reflected in the …

Concurrent Design studies have become of great importance in the space industry reducing
the time and costs associated to the feasibility assessments for future space missions. This …