Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Spacecraft Dynamics
	English	Spacecraft Dynamics
Course Code	UUM 517E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Demet Çilden Güler
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.
Course Outcomes		- Analysing restricted 3-body problem and motion of spacecraft - Designing interplanetary trajectories - Analysing 3-D dynamics of rigid body - Studying attitude determination of spacecraft
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Textbook		Anton H.J. de Ruiter, Christopher J. Damaren and James R. Forbes, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control: An Introduction, First Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2013.
Other References		David A. Vallado, Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, Fourth Edition, Microcosm Press, 2013. Howard D. Curtis, Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students, Revised Fourth Edition, Elsevier, Aerospace Engineering Series, 2021.