1 / 20

SPACEFLIGHT DYNAMICS Course 2602

Department of Physics and Astronomy. SPACEFLIGHT DYNAMICS Course 2602. Professor Bob Warwick. Course Outline. 1. Celestial Mechanics 2. Orbital Properties 3. Orbit Specification 4. The Launch Phase 5. Near-Earth Orbital Manoeuvres 6. Orbital Perturbations 7. Deep Space Missions

Patman
Download Presentation

SPACEFLIGHT DYNAMICS Course 2602

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy SPACEFLIGHT DYNAMICS Course 2602 Professor Bob Warwick

  2. Course Outline 1. Celestial Mechanics 2. Orbital Properties 3. Orbit Specification 4. The Launch Phase 5. Near-Earth Orbital Manoeuvres 6. Orbital Perturbations 7. Deep Space Missions 8. Future Prospects

  3. Further Reading • Spacecraft/Systems • Spacecraft Systems Engineering Fortescue & Stark 629.47 • Rocket Prop. & Spacecraft Dyn. Cornelisse,Schoyer,Wakker 629.411 • Space Missions Analysis & Design Wertz & Larson629.41 • Rocket and Spacecraft PropulsionTurner 629.475 • Celestial Mechanics • Orbital Motion Roy521.3 • Fundamentals of Astrodynamics Bates, Mueller and White 629.411 • Adventures in Celestial Mechanics Szebehely 521.1 • Spaceflight Dynamics Wiesel 629.41 • General Interest • Starflight Handbook Mallove & Matloff 629.4 • Websites • http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/

  4. Topic I - Celestial Mechanics • 1.1 Kepler’s Laws; Newton’s Law of Gravity • 1.2 The Many Body Problem • 1.3 The Two-Body Problem

  5. Topic 2 - Orbital Properties 2.1 Types of Conic Section 2.2 Dependence on the Initial Conditions 2.3 Measuring the Position in the Orbit

  6. Topic 3 - Orbit Specification • 3.1 Reference Frames and Coordinate Systems • 3.2 The Orbital Elements • 3.3 Orbit Determination

  7. Topic 4 - The Launch Phase • 4.1 Launching Spacecraft from the Earth • 4.2 Launch Trajectories • 4.3 Launch Sites and Ground Stations

  8. Ariane V ECA 21,000 kg to LEO 10,500 kg to GTO

  9. Automated Transfer Vehicle • First launch – July 25 2007

  10. Ares V & Ares I Launch Systems

  11. Topic 5 - Near-Earth Orbital Manoeuvres • 5.1 Adjustment of Orbital Parameters • 5.2 Hohmann Transfer to Geosynchronous Orbit • 5.3 Transfer to Geostationary Orbit

  12. Topic 6 - Orbital Perturbations • 6.1 Effects due to the Earth’s Gravitational Potential • 6.2 Atmospheric Drag, Luni-Solar & Other Perturbations • 6.3 Station Keeping in Geostationary Orbit

  13. Topic 7 - Deep Space Missions • 7.1 Planetary `Spheres of Influence’ • 7.2 Feasibility Studies of Interplanetary Missions • 7.3 Computing Interplanetary Trajectories

  14. Topic 8 - Future Prospects • 8.1 Interstellar Missions • 8.2 Advanced Propulsion Concepts • 8.3 Space Elevators

More Related