AOE-4140: Spacecraft Dynamics and Control
Description: Space missions and the way pointing requirements affect attitude control systems. Rotational kinematics and attitude determination algorithms. Modeling and analysis of the attitude dynamics of space vehicles. Rigid body dynamics, effects of energy dissipation. Gravity gradient, spin, and dual spin stabilization. Rotational maneuvers. Environmental torques. Impacts of attitude stabilization techniques on mission performance.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 14
Average GPA: 3.00 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 26.67%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.22%
| Cornel Sultan | 2018 | 28.8% | 46.0% | 17.4% | 2.9% | 4.2% | 0.8% | 2.91 | 4 |
| Christopher D Hall | 2009 | 21.0% | 45.6% | 24.9% | 8.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.82 | 2 |
| John Janeski | 2013 | 23.1% | 38.4% | 28.2% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 0.0% | 2.68 | 1 |
| Hanspeter Schaub | 2007 | 48.6% | 32.1% | 14.7% | 4.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.23 | 3 |
| Troy A Henderson | 2012 | 33.1% | 50.0% | 11.9% | 1.2% | 3.7% | 0.0% | 3.08 | 2 |
| Joshua R Ellis | 2010 | 40.0% | 32.0% | 8.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% | 0.0% | 2.86 | 1 |
| Sevak Tahmasian | 2016 | 46.7% | 41.3% | 10.6% | 1.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.32 | 1 |