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ME-4174: Spacecraft Propulsion

Description: Spacecraft propulsion systems and their applications in orbital, interplanetary, and interstellar flight. Rocket propulsion fundamentals; advanced mission analysis; physics and engineering of chemical rockets, electrical thrusters, and propellantless systems (tethers and sails); spacecraft integration issues.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: AOE-3164 or AOE-4234 or ME-4234

Required By: N/A

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: AOE-4174

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 0

Average GPA: N/A

Strict A Rate (No A-) : N/A%

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