AEM4301

AEM 4301 - Orbital Mechanics (3 Cr.)

Aerospace Engineering & Mechanics (11090) TIOT - College of Science and Engineering

AEM 4301 - Orbital Mechanics (3 Cr.)

Course description

The two-body problem. Earth-satellite operations, rocket performance, reentry dynamics, space environments, interplanetary trajectories. Numerical simulations. Design project.

prereq: [2012 or equiv], [MATH 2373 or equiv], [CSE upper div or grad student]

Minimum credits

3

Maximum credits

3

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

AFV - A-F or Audit

Lecture

Requirements

001545

Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?

No

Typically offered term(s)

Every Fall