Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Yönelim Belirleme ve Kontrol
	English	Attitude Determinatn & Control
Course Code	UZB 421E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	7	3	3	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Cengiz Hacızade
Course Objectives		To study attitude determination and control methods and systems
Course Description		Objective and types of the attitude determination and control systems, Coordinate systems, The external forces and moments affecting the space vehicle, Attitude dynamics and Euler’s equations, Using reference directions in attitude determination, Attitude hardware, Attitude determination methods, Error analysis of attitude determination, Torque-free motion of axis symmetric bodies, Attitude control devices, Momentum exchange techniques, Attitude stabilization methods, Stability of rotation about principal axes, Attitude maneuver control.
Course Outcomes		On completing this course students should : 1. have basic knowledge on the structure and operating principles of the attitude determination and control systems 2. have basic knowledge on the coordinate systems, orbital parameters and reference directions 3. be able to select reference directions and reference sensors for attitude determination and control system 4. have basic knowledge on the rotational kinematics (direction cosine matrix, Euler angles, quaternions, kinematic differential equations) 5. be able to transform from one attitude parameter to another (Euler angles to quaternions and opposite) 6. have basic knowledge on the inertial instruments for attitude determination (gyroscopes, three axis free gyroscope, two axis integrating gyroscope) 7. have basic knowledge on the algebraic method for attitude determination and be able to determine the Earth’s magnetic field and Sun vectors 8. be able to determine attitude angles via two-vector algorithm and to perform error analysis 9. be able to investigate the satellite attitude dynamics, understand the attitude control and stabilization principles
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Textbook
Other References		V.A.Chobotov. Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control. Krieger Publishing Company, 1991.

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