Calendar

The table below is more accurate than the calendar found in the course syllabus. Problem set evaluation due dates are described in the assignments section.

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Launch Systems
2 Orbital Mechanics
3 Spacecraft Power Systems Problem set 1 out
4 Propulsion
5 The Environment of Space Problem set 1 due
6 Optics 1:
Introduction to Optics		 Problem set 2 out

Problem set 1 evaluation due
7 Optics 2:
Introduction to Optics (cont.)
8 Optics 3:
Adaptive Reconnaissance Golay-3 Optical Satellite (ARGOS)		 Problem set 2 due
9 Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)
10 Formation Flight 1:
Electromagnetic Formation Flight		 Problem set 3 out

Problem set 2 evaluation due
11 Formation Flight 2:
Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of a Gravity-Well		 Problem set 3 due
12 Formation Flight 3:
Minimum Energy Trajectories for Techsat 21 Earth Orbiting Clusters
13 Formation Flight 4:
Trajectory Design for a Visible Geosynchronous Earth Imager		 Problem set 4 out

Problem set 3 evaluation due
14 Structures in Space Systems
15 Space Systems Cost Modeling Problem set 4 due
16 Satellite Systems Software
17 Software Engineering for Satellites
18 Spacecraft Autonomy Problem set 5 out

Problem set 4 evaluation due
19 Spacecraft Computer Systems
20 Satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Control Subsystems Problem set 5 due
21 Satellite Communication
22 Reentry Problem set 6 out

Problem set 5 evaluation due
23 Spacecraft Thermal Control Systems
24 Ground System Design Problem set 6 due