In a former life I built GEO comm sats as a lead technician coming from the aviation AME world, but literally all of it was OJT mechanical and electrical work, and we were not taught any of the science-y stuff. I had to go seek it out on my time. This book is fantastic for non- math/engineering crowd-
How Spacecraft Fly: Spaceflight Without Formulae
Swinerd, Graham
Discusses rockets, orbital mechanics, satellites, space systems design, etc. A must-have for anyone interested in the space portion of "aerospace".