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Review of Case Materials
Reviews records, documents, testimony, data, and other relevant materials and consults with counsel regarding technical issues related to the matter.
Provide Expert Analysis
Applies specialized knowledge and experience to evaluate the technical or professional issues involved.
Form Expert Opinions
Develops independent, supportable opinions based on the available evidence and relevant standards.
Prepare Expert Reports
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Orbital analysis may involve the planned trajectory, actual spacecraft position, maneuver timing, velocity changes, and the forces affecting the vehicle's path. NASA describes spacecraft navigation as involving a reference trajectory, orbit determination, and maneuvers used to control the flight path. An expert may compare those mission-planning elements with telemetry, maneuver records, propulsion data, and other engineering evidence when spacecraft motion is disputed.
The relevant data depends on the failure or performance question. It may involve propulsion, power, thermal control, structures and mechanisms, avionics, communications, or guidance, navigation, and control. NASA's spacecraft engineering resources treat these as distinct but interconnected spacecraft subsystems, which makes system interfaces important when a problem cannot be traced to a single component.
Guidance, navigation, and control data can show where the spacecraft was intended to go, how its position and attitude were determined, and what commands or control actions were used to maintain or alter its trajectory and orientation. NASA describes GN&C work as including trajectory design, navigation and orbit determination, spacecraft pointing, rendezvous, entry, and vehicle performance analysis. These records can therefore be important when the dispute concerns an unexpected maneuver, orientation, or flight path.
Telemetry can provide time-based information about spacecraft status and subsystem behavior during a mission. Depending on the vehicle, those data may document temperatures, voltages, pressures, propulsion events, attitude information, command status or execution information, or other engineering parameters. Comparing telemetry with mission requirements, configuration records, and expected subsystem behavior can help identify when a deviation began and which systems were affected.
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Telecommunications
Prepares clear, well-supported expert reports outlining methodology, analysis, findings, and opinions.
Provide Deposition Testimony
Explains findings and opinions under oath and responds to questioning during deposition testimony.
Testify in Court
Presents specialized findings and opinions clearly to judges, juries, arbitrators, or other decision-makers.
Astronautical Engineering centers on spacecraft and their performance in space-related environments, while Aeronautical Engineering focuses primarily on aircraft and atmospheric flight. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics distinguishes astronautical engineers as working with spacecraft, including satellites, while aeronautical engineers work principally with aircraft and flight within Earth's atmosphere.
