AOE-3154: Astromechanics
Description: This course teaches the application of Newtons Laws to the dynamics of spaceflight. Topics include the two-body problem equations of motion, Keplers Laws, classical orbital elements, energy and time-of-flight relations, orbit specification and determination, orbital maneuvering and orbit transfers, patched conic approximations, and relative motion.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 17
Average GPA: 3.27 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 32.59%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.30%
| Riley M Fitzgerald | 2024 | 43.7% | 35.1% | 12.8% | 3.8% | 1.2% | 3.4% | 3.19 | 4 |
| Kevin K Schroeder | 2021 | 37.6% | 35.5% | 20.3% | 2.9% | 2.2% | 1.3% | 3.01 | 5 |
| Scott L England | 2023 | 57.2% | 33.3% | 8.6% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.3% | 3.46 | 8 |