Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion

Spacecraft Dynamics and Control covers three core topic areas: the description of the motion and rates of motion of rigid bodies (Kinematics), developing the equations of motion that prediction the movement of rigid bodies taking into account mass, torque, and inertia (Kinetics), and finally non-linear controls to program specific orientations and achieve precise aiming goals in three-dimensional space (Control). The specialization invites learners to develop competency in these three areas through targeted content delivery, continuous concept reinforcement, and project applications.The goal o

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Created by: Hanspeter Schaub

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Course Description

As they tumble through space, objects like spacecraft move in dynamical ways. Understanding and predicting the equations that represent that motion is critical to the safety and efficacy of spacecraft mission development. Kinetics: Modeling the Motions of Spacecraft trains your skills in topics like rigid body angular momentum and kinetic energy expression shown in a coordinate frame agnostic manner, single and dual rigid body systems tumbling without the forces of external torque, how differential gravity across a rigid body is approximated to the first order to study disturbances in both the attitude and orbital motion, and how these systems change when general momentum exchange devices are introduced.After this course, you will be able to...*Derive from basic angular momentum formulation the rotational equations of motion and predict and determine torque-free motion equilibria and associated stabilities* Develop equations of motion for a rigid body with multiple spinning components and derive and apply the gravity gradient torque* Apply the static stability conditions of a dual-spinner configuration and predict changes as momentum exchange devices are introduced* Derive equations of motion for systems in which various momentum exchange devices are presentPlease note: this is an advanced course, best suited for working engineers or students with college-level knowledge in mathematics and physics.

Time: 26h

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Hanspeter Schaub

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Hanspeter Schaub is the Glenn L. Murphy Chair of Engineering and Professor in Aerospace Engineering Sciences at the University of Colorado Boulder and is the current graduate chair of the aerospace engineering sciences department. He has nearly 20 years of research experience, of which four years are at Sandia National Laboratories. His research interests are in nonlinear dynamics and control, astrodynamics, relative motion dynamics, and relative motion sensing. This has led to approximately 122 journal and 187 conference publications, and a 3rd edition textbook on analytical mechanics of space systems. In the last decade, he has developed the emerging field of charged astrodynamics. Schaub has been the ADCS lead in the CICERO mission and the ADCS algorithm lead on a Mars Mission. He has been awarded the H. Joseph Smead Fellowship, the Provosts Faculty Achievement Award, the Faculty Assembly Award for excellence in teaching, as well as the Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award.

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By Carsten S on 26-Feb-19

excellent course content with knowledgeable professor. Challenging to learn and focused on both analytical theory and practical example.

By SURYA V on 22-Nov-17

The best course on Space Dynamics with insightful lectures and challenging assignments. This course perfectly complements the previous course on the Kinematics of Spacecraft, and collectively provides a fundamental base for studying Attitude Control. Prof. Schaub has got exceptional skills in imparting knowledge on tough concepts fairly easily to the students. Looking forward to completing the final course on Nonlinear Attitude Control in the module!

By MUKESH K on 1-Mar-18

Excellent course ,as expected from Dr.Schaub

By Anant K V on 17-Feb-18

Works for me.

By Miguel B A on 1-Mar-18

Course is very good and well explained, the main problem is the lack of assistence especially when doing exercise and the final exam. In particular, only few people are doing the course and the forum is always w/o any reply, and when doing the final exam, I had to change session three times because not enough people were correctint my assignment, causing me a delay of 2 months.

By Anthony J M on 11-Jan-19

Interesting course with plenty of room for improvement:1) The presentation of the course material is nice2) There are plenty of typos in the quizzes (check forum for pointers)3) There are some false positive answers in the quizzes (check forum for pointers) 4) There is no help offered by the course providers. No help available in the forum.5) It would help to have the step by step answers to the quizzes available to facilitate learning from mistakes.

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