Space mission design and operations
EE-585
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Space Mission Design & Operations
Dr Thibault Kuntzer
The objective of this course is to present and consolidate the concepts of design and execution of space missions beyond the Earth's atmosphere. Numerous examples will be presented and the concepts will be reinforced by exercice sessions.
Friday 13 |
Why space?, near-Earth environment• Course admin• Why do we go to space? • Review of laws of mechanics and notions of energy • Earth’s atmosphere and magnetic field • The radiation environment |
Lecture | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 20
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Introduction to orbital mechanics
• Gravitational well• Escape velocity • Reference frames and calendars • The two body problem and Kepler’s laws • Orbital motion |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 27 | Orbital classes • Space weather and the Sun activity cycle• Orbital regimes • Ground track • Atmospheric drag and lifetime • Non-keplerian effects and special orbits (incl Sun-Synchronous) | Lecture | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 04
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Spacecraft dynamics• Orbital manoeuvres (Hohmann, small Δv in LEO, plane change)• Complex manoeuvres & Lambert’s problem • Orbit determination • Launch and early orbit phase, positioning and station-keeping |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 11
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Exercise session 1
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Exercises | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 18
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Spacecraft interaction, object population in
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Lecture | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 25 | No course - Week off |
Friday 01
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Exercise session 2
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Exercises |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 08
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Interplanetary trajectories• The deep space environment• Near Earth Objects • Sphere of influence • Interplanetary trajectories • Aerobraking |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Erratum: on slide 35, in the sentence, the text should have read The braking manoeuvre Δvp,insert is the difference between the velocity at perigee of the elliptic orbit vp,insert and the velocity at perigee of the hyperbolic orbit vp. The pdf has been updated.
Friday 15
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Interplanetary trajectories, spacecraft propulsion• Slingshots• Lunar trajectories • Propulsion systems • Non-impulsive manoeuvres |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Erratum: on slide 40, the equation of the propellant mass used as a function of the final mass should read mp = mf*[exp(Delta v / (Isp * g0)) - 1]. The pdf has been updated.
Friday 22
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Exercise session 3
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Exercises | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 29
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Launch, critical subsystems• Attitude control• Power generation • Ascent to orbit, re-entries |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 06
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Constellations, Operations• Elevators to space, tethered deployment• Spacecraft constellations and mega-constellations • Major governmental and commercial actors in space • Old & new space • Collision probability and avoidance manoeuvres • Spacecraft concept of operations (mission planning, execution, personnel, infrastructures, products) |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 13
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Human spaceflight• Guest lecture by astronaut Claude Nicollier |
Lecture |
08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |
Friday 20
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Exercise session 4 |
Exercises | 08.15-10.00 | ELA1 |