Jane’s Space Systems and Industry

Profiling hundreds of spacecraft, launchers, manufacturers and operators, Jane's Space Systems and Industry provides a global view of the development, application and support of space-based systems. Human, communications, imaging, scientific, Research & Development and other space applications are covered. Key objectives, developments and technical specifications of launch vehicles and in-service spacecraft are reviewed, including microsatellites and the new generation of small launchers. Space system prime contractors and major suppliers are profiled, with detailed listings of their space-related activities. Civil, military and commercial enterprises that buy, operate and support space technology and systems are covered in detail, supporting market research and procurement requirements.

The depth and breadth of information covers:

• Civil, commercial, scientific and military satellites
• Civil, commercial and military space operators
• Human spaceflight programmes
• Launch vehicles
• Space launch and spacecraft industry
• Space launch logs
• Worldwide launch facilities

Different sections provide in-depth detail covering:

• Analysis
• Civil Space Organisations - Launch Facilities
• Civil Space Organisations - Multi-National Agencies
• Civil Space Organisations - National Agencies
• Civil Space Organisations - Research & Development
• Civil Space Organisations - Satellite Operators
• Commercial Space Services - Launch Facilities
• Commercial Space Services - Satellite Operators
• Contractors
• Glossary
• Space Defence - Bases
• Space Defence - Operators
• Space Defence - Research & Development
• Space Industry - Joint Ventures
• Space Industry - Major Sub-Contractors
• Space Industry - Prime Contractors
• Space Launch Vehicles - Orbital
• Space Launch Vehicles - Sub-Orbital
• Space Logs - Logs
• Spacecraft - Communications
• Spacecraft - Defence
• Spacecraft - Earth Observation
• Spacecraft - Human
• Spacecraft - Navigation
• Spacecraft - Scientific
• Spacecraft - Technology Demonstration

Sections

• Analysis
• Civil space organisations - launch facilities
• Civil space organisations - multi-national agencies
• Civil space organisations - national agencies
• Civil space organisations - research & development
• Civil space organisations - satellite operators
• Commercial space services - launch facilities
• Commercial space services - satellite operators
• Contractors
• Glossary
• Space defence - bases
• Space defence - operators
• Space defence - research & development
• Space industry - joint ventures
• Space industry - major sub-contractors
• Space industry - prime contractors
• Space launch vehicles - orbital
• Space launch vehicles - sub-orbital
• Space logs - logs
• Spacecraft - civil communications
• Spacecraft - communications
• Spacecraft - defence
• Spacecraft - earth observation
• Spacecraft - human
• Spacecraft - navigation
• Spacecraft - scientific
• Spacecraft - technology demonstration
• World space centres - launch sites

Content Structure

Content
Jane’s Space Systems and Industry is a new Jane’s publication; it descends from Jane’s Space Directory, the final and twenty{second bound edition of which was produced in 2006. By giving the book a new structure and focus, Jane’s Space Systems and Industry intends to better address the growing space industry’s current information requirements regarding spacecraft, operators, space organisations, contractors and facilities.

Structure
Jane’s Space Systems and Industry is divided into seven main sections, detailed below, each representing major space industry sectors, spacecraft or launches. Subdivisions organised under each main section are further divided by country.

• Commercial Space Services — This section is divided into two parts: Launch Facilities and Satellite Operators. These subdivisions are further divided by operator or facility country.
• Civil Space Organisations — The Civil Space Organisations section consists of five subdivisions: Launch Facilities; Multi{national Agencies; National Agencies; Research and Development; and Satellite Operators. It is also further divided by country.
• Space Defence — The Space Defence section consists of three subdivisions: Bases; Operators; and Research and Development. The Bases subsection includes military operated launch facilities. Each subsection is divided by country.
• Space Industry — This section contains three subdivisions: Joint Ventures; Major Sub{contractors; and Prime Contractors. These subsections are also divided by country.
• Space Launch Vehicles — The Launch Vehicles section is divided into two subdivisions: Orbital and Sub{orbital, both of which are further divided by country.
• Spacecraft — The Spacecraft section is comprised of seven subdivisions: Communications; Defence, including early warning and signals intelligence; Earth Imaging, including Earth Observation and Weather; Human; Navigation; Scientific; and Technology Demonstration. Like the subdivisions in other sections, these are divided by country.
• Space Logs — This final main section contains numerous human spaceflight mission and general launch logs, the most historic of which are published in the online version only, which can be found at: jsd.janes.com.

Record Structure
The following main headings are used within most records:

• Current Status — Current events or recent changes or developments impacting an organisation or spacecraft can be found under this heading.
• Background — An organisation’s or spacecraft’s development history and background information can be found under this heading.
• Specifications — Main technical parameters of space systems are listed under this heading, including dimensions, weight and operating parameters (where available).

Images
Photographs are provided for each space system or facility wherever possible. Line drawings and graphics are also provided in some cases. Images are annotated with a seven digit number which uniquely identifies them in Jane’s image database.

Other Information

• Contractor List — Space related manufacturers and organisations, with their contact details, are listed alphabetically here. Website and e{mail details are included. URLs are generally written in lower case using the Roman alphabet; e{mail addresses are sometimes case sensitive.
• General index — Finally, there is an alphabetical list of the book’s Contents in the General Index, also reflecting section and page number.

Commonly Used Terms:
microgravity, 10-6 m (micron), Angstrom, 10-10 m, Attitude Control System, Analogue/Digital, Agência Espacial Brasileira; Brazilian Space Agency, Air Force, Air Force Base, Assembly, Integration and Testing, Apogee Kick Motor, Announcement of Opportunity, Attitude and Orbit Control System, Air Station, Association of South East Asia Nations, Agenzia Spaziale Italiana; Italian Space Agency, Application Specific Integrated Circuit, Earth atmospheric pressure (1.0336 kg/cm2; 14.7 lb/in2), ESA Accounting Unit (equivalent to the ECU), Astronomical Unit (149.598 million km); billion = 1,000 million, British National Space Centre, Beginning Of Life/End Of Life, Beginning Of Mission/End Of Mission, Command, Control and Communications, Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence, Computer-Aided Design, Charge Couple Device, Computer-Compatible Tape, Critical Design Review, Jane's Space Systems and Industry adopts the US system specified by the numerical limit of 0.5 particles per ft3 (0.028 m3). Thus a class 10,000 environment has fewer than 10,000 particles of 0.5 in 1 ft3 (0.028 m3). Most satellite and launcher integration and testing facilities are class 100,000. Class 10 and class 100 facilities are used for assembly of sensitive items such as gyros, centimetre (1 inch = 2.54 cm), Computer Numerical Control, Centre National d'Études Spatiales; French Space Agency, China National Space Administration, Continental United States, Commercial-Off-The-Shelf, Common Pressure Vessel, Canadian Space Agency, Demand Assigned Multiple Access, Direct Broadcast Satellite, Differential GPS, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; German Aerospace Centre, US Department of Defense, US Department of Energy, Degrees of Freedom, Dynamic Random Access Memory, NASA's Deep Space Network, Direct To Home, Edwards Air Force Base, California, Environment Control and Life Support System, European Currency Unit, Extended Duration Orbiter, Electrical Ground Support Equipment, Equivalent Isotropically Radiated Power, Electronic Intelligence, Expendable Launch Vehicle, Engineering Model, Electronic Power Conditioner, European Space Agency, electron Volt, Extravehicular Activity, focal length, Flight Model, Field of View, Russian Federal Space Agency; Roscosmos, Full Scale Development, Full Width Half Maximum, Fiscal Year, gravitational acceleration (9.806 m/s), Gallium Arsenide, Get Away Special, Gross Domestic Product, Geostationary Orbit; altitude 35,786 km, 0° inclination, period 23.934 h, Gaseous Hydrogen, Geographic Information System, Global Maritime Distress and Safety System, Greenwich Mean Time (also UT), Guidance, Navigation and Control, Gross National Product, Gaseous Oxygen, Global Positioning System, Ground Support Equipment, Groupe Spéciale Mobile, Geosynchronous Orbit, Geostationary Transfer Orbit, Health, Environment and Safety, High Gain Antenna, Hierarchical Object Oriented Design, High-Power Amplifier, High-Resolution Visible Infra-Red, Integrated Circuit, InterContinental Ballistic Missile (range >5,500 km), Interferometric Fibre Optic Gyro, Image Intelligence, Inertial Measurement Unit, Inertial Navigation System, Inertial Navigation Unit, Initial Operational Capability, Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (range 500-5,500 km), Inertial Reference Unit, Japanese Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Integrated Services Digital Network, Indian Space Research Organisation, Inertial Upper Stage, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, kilometre (0.6214 mile), Kennedy Space Center, Launched, Low Earth Orbit, typically up to 1,500 km, Launch and Early Orbit Phase, Liquid Hydrogen, Left-Hand Circular Polarisation, Lithium Hydroxide, Liquid Injection Thrust Vector Control, Low-Noise Amplifier, Liquid Oxygen, metre (39.37 inch), Million Accounting Units, Maximum Expected Operating Pressure, Mechanical Ground Support Equipment, 10-6 m, Mid Infra-Red, Monomethyl Hydrazine, Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit, Mixed Oxides of Nitrogen, Memorandum of Understanding, Magnetoplasmadynamic, Momentum Wheel, Newton (0.225 lbf), US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Nickel Cadmium, Nickel Hydrogen, Nickel Metal Hydride, Near Infra-Red, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, North American Aerospace Defense Command, North-South Station-Keeping, Nitrogen Tetroxide, Onboard Data Handling, Original Equipment Manufacturer, Payload Assisted Module, Panchromatic, Preliminary Design Review, Principal Investigator, Perigee Kick Motor, Propellant Management Device, parts per million, Programmable Read-Only Memory, Qualification Model, Research and Development, Random Access Memory, Reaction Control System, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Radio Frequency, Right Hand Circular Polarisation, Russian Aviation and Space Agency, Ring Laser Gyro, Reusable Launch Vehicle, Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator, Reaction Wheel, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, Special Check-Out Equipment, Stategic Defense Initiative, Spherical Error Probability, Single Event Upset, US DoD's Space Ground Link Subsystem, Signals Intelligence, Sea Level, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missile, Satellite News Gathering, Sapphire On Silicon, Solid Rocket Booster, Swedish Space Corporation, Solid-State Power Amplifier, Solid-State Recorder, NASA's Spacecraft Tracking and Data Network, Space Transportation System, Space Wing, Short Wave Infra-Red, metric tonne (1,000 kg; 0.984 ton; 1.102 US ton), Telecommand, Telemetry, Command and Ranging, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, Tracking, Telemetry and Command, Thrust Vector Control, TV Receive Only, Travelling Wave Tube Amplifier, US Navy, Universal Time (also GMT), Universal Transverse Mercator grid projection, Very High-Speed Integrated Circuit, Very Long Baseline Interferometry, Very Near Infra-Red, Visible/Thermal Infra-Red, Watt, World Wide Web, multispectral

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