Coursera
Free Online Course (Audit)
English
Paid Certificate Available
5 weeks long, 43 hours worth of material
selfpaced
Syllabus
- Revisiting Basics of Spacecraft Kinematics
- The prerequisite topics of spacecraft kinematics are reviewed in this module.This sequence is intended to ramp up the student on the mathematical tools and concepts required for this course.For each topic we also dig a little deeper into the subject matter.
- Revisiting Basics of Spacecraft Kinetics
- Review of fundamental properties of a closed dynamical system leading to the development of the equations of motion.
- Revisiting the Basics of Nonlinear Spacecraft Control
- Review of the fundamental nonlinear stability definitions, using Lyapunov's direct method, as well as discussing stability proof modifications if the system is time dependent.
- VSCMG Dynamics
- Develop the kinematics and kinetics of the variable speed CMG devices.
- Momentum Based 3-Axis Attitude Control
- Learn how to achieve 3-axis attitude feedback control using a series of momentum exchange devices such as reaction wheels, control moment gyroscopes (CMGs) and variable speed CMGs
Taught by
Hanspeter Schaub
