UUM 517E - Spacecraft Dynamics

Course Objectives

To inform the students about
1- advanced topics in orbital mechanics
2- advanced topics in spacecraft attitude determination

Course Description

Basic laws, review of 2-body problem. Restricted three body problem. Lagrange points and theirstability. Design of interplanetary orbits.
Selected advanced topics in orbital mechanics.
Kinematics and dynamics of spacecraft's rotational motion, Euler parameters. Torque free motion.