AOE-4454: Spacecraft Position/Navigation/Timing and Orbit Determination
Description: Position/Navigation/Timing (PNT) measurements and optimal batch filter estimation methods for spacecraft with emphasis on orbit determination; GPS position/velocity/time point solutions; linearized state transition matrices; batch least-squares filter Orbit Determination (OD) solutions from a time series of observations; precision and accuracy assessment using covariance and overlap statistics; one-way and two-way radio range and range-rate observations; optical bearings observations; non-Keplerian orbital effects.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 6
Average GPA: 3.02 (B+)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 14.56%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 2.09%
| Mark L Psiaki | 2023 | 26.6% | 44.7% | 22.3% | 3.3% | 0.0% | 3.1% | 2.91 | 4 |
| Riley M Fitzgerald | 2024 | 33.4% | 58.3% | 8.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.17 | 1 |
| Daniel D Doyle | 2021 | 42.9% | 54.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.9% | 0.0% | 3.33 | 1 |