Spacecraft Reliability and Multi-State Failures: A Statistical Approach Book

1 On time, reliability, and spacecraft.

1.1 On time and reliability.

1.2 On spacecraft and reliability: early studies.

1.3 Book organization.

2 Nonparametric reliability analysis of spacecraft failure data.

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Database and data description.

2.3 Nonparametric analysis of spacecraft failure data.

2.4 Confidence interval analysis.

2.5 Discussion and limitation.

2.A Appendix.

3 Parametric analysis and Weibull modeling of spacecraft reliability.

3.1 Weibull distribution: an overview.

3.2 Probability plots or graphical estimation.

3.3 Maximum likelihood estimation (MLE).

3.4 Comparative analysis of the spacecraft reliability parametric fits.

3.5 Finite mixture distributions.

3.6 Comparative analysis of the single versus the mixture distribution Weibull fits.

4 Data specialization: statistical analysis of spacecraft reliability by orbit and mass categories.

4.1 Introduction.

4.2 Data description and mass categorization.

4.3 Nonparametric analysis of satellite reliability by mass category.

4.4 Parametric analysis of satellite reliability by mass category.

4.5 Orbit characterization.

4.6 Nonparametric analysis of spacecraft reliability by mass and orbit category.

4.7 Parametric analysis of satellite reliability by mass and orbit category.

4.8 Hypotheses for causal explanations.

4.A Appendix: Tabular data and confidence interval analysis.

5 Spacecraft subsystem reliability.

5.1 Spacecraft subsystem identification.

5.2 Nonparametric reliability analysis of spacecraft subsystems.

5.3 Weibull modeling of spacecraft subsystem reliability.

5.4 Comparative analysis of subsystem failures.

6 Time to anomaly and failure of spacecraft subsystems: exploratory data analysis.

6.1 Introduction.

6.2 Anomaly and failure events.

6.3 Distribution of anomalies and failure events by subsystem.

6.4 Time to anomaly and failure of spacecraft subsystems.

7 Multi-state failure analysis of spacecraft subsystems.

7.1 Introduction.

7.2 Setting the stage: multi-state failure analysis and the state transition diagram.

7.3 Nonparametric analyses of spacecraft subsystems' multi-state failures.

7.4 Parametric analyses of spacecraft subsystems' multi-state failures.

7.5 Comparative reliability and multi-state failure analysis of spacecraft subsystems.

7.A Appendix.

8 Toward survivability analysis of spacecraft and space-based networks.

8.1 Introduction.

8.2 Overview of survivability and resiliency.

8.3 Survivability framework.

8.4 Introduction to SPNs.

8.5 SPNs for spacecraft modeling and survivability analysis.

8.A Appendix: SPN model of the SBN in Figure 8.6 and its schematic explanation.

Epilogue.

Appendix A Geosynchronous communication. satellites: system reliability and subsystem anomalies and failures.

A.1 Part I: System reliability analysis.

A.2 Part II: Subsystem anomalies and failures.

Appendix B Electrical power subsystem: comparative analysis of failure events in LEO and GEO.

B.1 Introduction.

B.2 Database, sample analyzed, and classes of failure events.

B.3 Brief literature review.

B.4 Reliability and multi-state failure analyses of the EPS.

B.5 Comparative analysis of the EPS failure in LEO and GEO.

B.6 Conclusion.

References.

Index.