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AOE-3144: Space Vehicle Dynamics

Description: Attitude representations and equations of rotational motion for rigid and multibody spacecraft; attitude determination; linearization and stability analysis of steady motions; effect of the gravity gradient; torque thrusters and momentum exchange devices.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-3034 and AOE-3154

Required By: AOE-4165, AOE-4365

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 10

Average GPA: 3.42 (A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 39.89%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.14%

Shane D Ross202470.5%22.1%6.3%0.9%0.3%0.0%3.567
Cornel Sultan202035.6%43.0%15.3%4.4%1.3%0.5%3.073

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