Course

Spacecraft Engineering - AERO4500

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering

Course Outline: http://www.mech.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Kensington Campus

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 6

Excluded: AERO4620, AVEN3420

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course will provide an introduction to spacecraft engineering and will cover the topics of rockets and launch vehicles, orbital mechanics, orbital manoeuvers, interplanetary trajectories, mission design and spacecraft systems. Aspects of the design and operation of satellites will also be reviewed. Tutorials will include qualitative and quantitative analysis of relevant problems. Students will use Satellite Toolkit (STK) to complement the lecture and tutorial material and to complete an assignment. The course will include a field trip to the Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex in Tidbinbilla.


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