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MsC Space Launchers And Satellite Engineering
BECOME A KEY PLAYER IN LAUNCHERS & SATELLITES!

IPSA prepares you to design the space vehicles of tomorrow.

The MSc immerses you in the engineering of launch vehicles and satellites: space propulsion, hypersonic aerodynamics, structures and advanced materials, launcher and satellite design, payload integration.

Driven by the industrialisation of satellite production, the rise of constellations and the ramp-up of European launchers, the sector faces a strong demand for engineers able to design, integrate and qualify space vehicles.

You will graduate ready for careers with primes, equipment manufacturers and NewSpace companies, having completed a professional mission of at least four months and a research dissertation anchored in a real industrial problem.

Key points
Target Audience

International and English-speaking French students
Minimum three years of higher education (equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree)
– M1 entry: three-year Bachelor of Engineering (Bac+3).
– M2 entry: four-year degree, 240 ECTS validated (Bac+4).

Language

English
Fluency is essential.

Format

Full-time
In M2, the professional mission and the research dissertation carry 10 credits each and are two distinct deliverables, assessed individually.

Campus

Paris-Ivry

Duration

1 or 2 years
– 2 years (M1+M2) — 120 credits
– 1 year (direct M2) — 60 credits

Degree awarded

MSc Space Launchers And Satellite Engineering
Programme currently undergoing Master of Science, labelling by the Conférence des Grandes Écoles (CGE)

Career Opportunities

– Launch Vehicle Design Engineer
– Space Propulsion Engineer
– Structures and Materials Engineer
– Satellite Platform Engineer
– Payload Integration Engineer
– AIT Engineer (Assembly, Integration and Test)
– Roles in primes, OEMs, NewSpace start-ups and research laboratories

MSc Program Manager
Space Launchers And Satellite Engineering

Campus Paris
Campus Paris

Radhia
Gaddouri

IPSA Expertise Director – Doctor of Computer Science

Radhia Gaddouri - Directrice IPSA Expertise - Bachelor, MSc et MBA

Program
HIGHLIGHTS

01/4
unique expertise
Unique expertise at the heart of space propulsion

Develop cutting-edge skills to meet the challenges of performance, innovation, reliability, and decarbonization in the space industry

02/4
A SECTOR IN HIGH DEMAND
The European space and NewSpace sector is looking for talent

The MSc Space Launchers and Satellite Engineering meets the needs of a rapidly evolving European space sector, driven by NewSpace, emerging technologies and the rise of new industry players

03/4
Teachers
Teaching delivered by English-speaking industry experts

Experts from the aerospace, space and propulsion sectors, supported by modules focused on applied research

04/4
English-speaking curriculum
Courses in English to prepare you for an international career

All MSc courses are taught in English, allowing students to become familiar with the professional vocabulary and terminology used across the aerospace and space industry

Unique expertise
A SECTOR IN HIGH DEMAND
Teachers
English-speaking curriculum

The skills targeted by our MSc Autonomous Aerospace Systems

Master the key challenges of the space sector, launchers and different propulsion systems

Analyze and design complex engineering projects involving launchers and satellites

Develop the ability to manage complex projects in a collaborative environment

Develop your expertise and innovative mindset in aerospace and space technologies

Work in an international context, in English

Take part in applied research activities in space technologies and propulsion

Lune

Program – Year 1
MsC Space Launchers And Satellite Engineering

Semester 1
Semester 2
Engineering Sciences, Vehicles Specialisation (7 cr.)
Introduction to hypersonic aerodynamics
Vibration dynamics of plates and shells
Reliability and fatigue of structures
Ground and flight load analysis
Numerical computation in aerodynamics (CFD)
Materials & Structural Analysis (6 cr.)
Multibody mechanical simulation
Structural materials analysis
Durability of advanced materials (damage, fracture)
Nonlinear numerical simulation in structural mechanics
Humanities & Languages (6 cr.)
Intensive French for engineers (international students)
Cultural integration workshop
Work psychology and labour law
Soft skills and complex project management
Professional mission (10 cr.)
Engineering mission of at least four months full-time in a company, laboratory or institution of the space sector
Individual mission report
Assessment of competencies by the host tutor
Research dissertation (10 cr.)
Individual research work on an industrial problem
Written dissertation in English
Oral defence of 15 minutes followed by 20 minutes of questions, before a jury including a teacher not involved in the supervision
Space Fundamentals (10 cr.)
Space mechanics
Mission design project I: atmospheric entry
Space instrumentation
Plasma physics, electric and plasma propulsion
Numerical methods for space applications (COMSOL)
Humanities & Languages (5 cr.)
Work psychology and labour law
Soft skills and complex project management
French as a foreign language
MyJobProject

Program – Year 2
MsC Space Launchers And Satellite Engineering

Year 1
year 2
Engineering Sciences, Vehicles Specialisation (7 cr.)
Introduction to hypersonic aerodynamics
Vibration dynamics of plates and shells
Reliability and fatigue of structures
Ground and flight load analysis
Numerical computation in aerodynamics (CFD)
Materials & Structural Analysis (6 cr.)
Multibody mechanical simulation
Structural materials analysis
Durability of advanced materials (damage, fracture)
Nonlinear numerical simulation in structural mechanics
Space, Launchers & Satellites (12 cr.)
Space propulsion systems
Electric and nuclear space propulsion
Launcher and satellite design
Satellite prototyping
Payload and launcher integration
Curriculum project: space mission design II
Business Awareness & Professional Integration (15 cr.)
MyJob project
Life cycle and eco-design
Cybersecurity and cyberdefence fundamentals
Economic environment of the space sector
Reliability engineering (FMEA)
IPSA Master Project
French as a foreign language
Professional mission (10 cr.)
Engineering mission of at least four months full-time in a company, laboratory or institution of the space sector
Individual mission report
Assessment of competencies by the host tutor
Research dissertation (10 cr.)
Individual research work on an industrial problem
Written dissertation in English
Oral defence of 15 minutes followed by 20 minutes of questions, before a jury including a teacher not involved in the supervision
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