Course Contents
Lecture contents:
- The two-body problem
- The Kepler problem and Kepler orbits
- Coordinate systems, ground tracks and conservation laws
- Rocket equation and stage rockets
- Orbital manoeuvres and special orbits
- Interplanetary trajectories, patched conics and lunar transfer
- The three-body problem and missions to the libration points
- Basics of orbit determination
- Real interplanetary orbits for scientific missions
- Numerical methods & optimisation
- Constellation design and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
- Design of low-thrust trajectories
- Cis-lunar transport architectures
General information:
This course is aimed at students of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics and Physics as well as all other departments. For students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, this subject can be included in the compulsory elective area III - elective subjects from natural sciences and engineering (Master). For students of Mechanics, the subject can be taken as "Mechanik vertieft (specialisation in dynamics)" or "Mechanik nicht-vertieft"Students of other disciplines must check the possibility of integrating the course into their curriculum themselves, but there is good experience with the departments of mathematics and physics. There are no formal prerequisites for participation, but we recommend knowledge of mathematics and mechanics corresponding to the level of a student in the 5th or higher semester of engineering, mathematics or physics. The lecture and examination language is English. In addition to the lecture, exercise and solution sheets for self-study will be published weekly on Moodle. If you successfully pass the examinations, you will receive 6 CPs for this course (calculation formula of the Department of Mechanical Engineering). The course is only offered in the winter semester. The lecture can be completed with a written examination. There will be an excursion to ESOC for those interested.
Literature
[list]
[*]Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, David A. Vallado, James Wertz
[*]OpenLearnWare - Recording of the previous version of the lecture.
Please note that the teaching content of the OpenLearnWare course only covers part of the current teaching content of the lecture.
[url]https://openlearnware.tu-darmstadt.de/collection/spaceflight-mechanics-278/[/url]
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Additional literature recommendations will be made during the lecture.
Preconditions
It is recommended to have knowledge in mathematics and mechanics, that corresponds to the level of a student in mechanical engineering, mechanics, mathematics, or physics in the fifth semester. Basic programming knowledge is helpful.
Expected Number of Participants
150
Bemerkung Webportal
Online Offerings
Moodle Course
[url]https://moodle.tu-darmstadt.de/course/view.php?id=6425[/url]
Lecture contents:
- The two-body problem
- The Kepler problem and Kepler orbits
- Coordinate systems, ground tracks and conservation laws
- Rocket equation and stage rockets
- Orbital manoeuvres and special orbits
- Interplanetary trajectories, patched conics and lunar transfer
- The three-body problem and missions to the libration points
- Basics of orbit determination
- Real interplanetary orbits for scientific missions
- Numerical methods & optimisation
- Constellation design and Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
- Design of low-thrust trajectories
- Cis-lunar transport architectures
General information:
This course is aimed at students of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, Mechanics, Mathematics and Physics as well as all other departments. For students in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, this subject can be included in the compulsory elective area III - elective subjects from natural sciences and engineering (Master). For students of Mechanics, the subject can be taken as "Mechanik vertieft (specialisation in dynamics)" or "Mechanik nicht-vertieft"Students of other disciplines must check the possibility of integrating the course into their curriculum themselves, but there is good experience with the departments of mathematics and physics. There are no formal prerequisites for participation, but we recommend knowledge of mathematics and mechanics corresponding to the level of a student in the 5th or higher semester of engineering, mathematics or physics. The lecture and examination language is English. In addition to the lecture, exercise and solution sheets for self-study will be published weekly on Moodle. If you successfully pass the examinations, you will receive 6 CPs for this course (calculation formula of the Department of Mechanical Engineering). The course is only offered in the winter semester. The lecture can be completed with a written examination. There will be an excursion to ESOC for those interested.
Literature
[list]
[*]Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, David A. Vallado, James Wertz
[*]OpenLearnWare - Recording of the previous version of the lecture.
Please note that the teaching content of the OpenLearnWare course only covers part of the current teaching content of the lecture.
[url]https://openlearnware.tu-darmstadt.de/collection/spaceflight-mechanics-278/[/url]
[/list]
Additional literature recommendations will be made during the lecture.
Preconditions
It is recommended to have knowledge in mathematics and mechanics, that corresponds to the level of a student in mechanical engineering, mechanics, mathematics, or physics in the fifth semester. Basic programming knowledge is helpful.
Expected Number of Participants
150
Bemerkung Webportal
Online Offerings
Moodle Course
[url]https://moodle.tu-darmstadt.de/course/view.php?id=6425[/url]
- Lehrende: Reinhold Bertrand
- Lehrende: Markus Landgraf
- Lehrende: Florian Renk
Semester: WT 2023/24