Space mission design and operations
Summary
This course is a "concepts" course. It introduces a variety of concepts to design and operate a space mission. These concepts cover orbital mechanics, spacecraft operation phases and critical subsystems.
Content
- Brief review of the fundamental laws of mechanics
- Types of space missions and their objectives
- The space environment
- Applied orbital mechanics, including interplanetary trajectories
- Rendez-vous and proximity operations
- Propulsion modules
- Attitude determination and control
- Satellite and constellation operations
- Launch and early orbit phase
- Human spaceflight and extravehicular activities
- Risks of spacecraft operations & sustainability
- Future trends in spacecraft operations
Keywords
- Orbital mechanics
- Spacecraft operations
- Space environment
- Space exploration
Learning Prerequisites
Required courses
- Bachelor level courses in physics, vector analysis, and calculus
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course, the student must be able to:
- Design a space mission
- Analyze the requirements of the operations
- Characterize the necessary different segments and subsystems
Transversal skills
- Communicate effectively with professionals from other disciplines.
- Communicate effectively, being understood, including across different languages and cultures.
Teaching methods
Ex cathedra and exercices supervised in classroom
Expected student activities
Actively participate in the course and exercise sessions
Resources
Bibliography
Will be provided in the course introduction
A few exemples of interesting books available from the library:
- Space mission analysis and design
- Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Techniques and Tools for Space Missions
Ressources en bibliothèque
- Space Mission analysis and Design / Larson
- Orbital Mechanics and Astrodynamics: Techniques and Tools for Space Missions / Hintz
Notes/Handbook
Course notes available before each course on Moodle
Moodle Link
In the programs
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional
- Semester: Fall
- Exam form: Oral (winter session)
- Subject examined: Space mission design and operations
- Lecture: 2 Hour(s) per week x 14 weeks
- Type: optional