AEE554 APPLIED ORBITAL MECHANICS
| Course Code: | 5720554 |
| METU Credit (Theoretical-Laboratory hours/week): | 3 (3.00 - 0.00) |
| ECTS Credit: | 8.0 |
| Department: | Aerospace Engineering |
| Language of Instruction: | English |
| Level of Study: | Graduate |
| Course Coordinator: | Prof.Dr. OZAN TEKİNALP |
| Offered Semester: | Fall Semesters. |
Course Objectives
This course aims to provide the students with an understanding of
- orbital motion of the spacecraft
- orbit determination and estimation concepts
- orbital maneuvers and design of interplanetary trajectories
- spacecraft dynamics
- launch and rocket dynamics
Course Content
Coordinate systems, ime systems; two body problem, geometry of conic sections, three body problem; orbital perturbations; orbital maneuvers, Hohman transfer, inclination and station keeping maneuvers, interplanetary trajectories; methods of determination of an orbit.; satellite attitude dynamics, stability of orbital motion, spacecraft attitude control.
Course Learning Outcomes
Students who complete this course successfully will be able to:
- apply preliminary orbit determination methods in practice
- code orbit estimation algorithms
- solve orbital maneuver problems and design interplanetary trajectories for space missions
- solve orbital rendezvous problems for any two celestial objects including the spacecraft
- analyze the spacecraft dynamics
- design trajectories for rocket launch