ASTE 330 Fall 2009:
Astronautics and Space Environment II
3 units
Lecture Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:00-6:20, VHE 206
Instructor:
Dan Erwin, RRB 222, (213) 740-5358,
erwin@usc.edu.
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30-12:30, Thursdays 3:30-5, or by appointment.
Text:
Space Mission Analysis and Design (SMAD), 3rd ed. James R. Wertz and Wiley J. Larson, eds. Microcosm, 1999. ISBN 978-1881883-10-4.
Midterm Exams: Thursday, October 8, in class. Thursday, November 5, in class.
Final Exam: Tuesday, December 15, 4:30 PM-6:30 PM in the regular classroom.
Homework: Assigned weekly. Due on Thursdays in class.
Grading: Homework, 25%; each midterm, 20%; final exam, 35%.
Software used:
Matlab:
A general-purpose numeric computation environment, with some
symbolic capability. An interpreted C-like language, extended with
vector and matrix syntax, is coupled with mathematics and graphics
libraries. The student who is comfortable with Matlab will be able to
do numeric solution of any problem he or she is faced with, as well as
provide graphical representation of the solutions. USC-ISD maintains
Matlab on the student computing cluster. The student version of Matlab
is available at the bookstore; while it is not necessary to have the
program installed on the student's computer, it is very convenient.
Matlab is used throughout the undergraduate curriculum, so its
purchase is highly recommended.
STK (Satellite Toolkit):
A package for setting up, simulating, and
visualizing the operation of space missions. Launch, orbits and
stationkeeping, attitude dynamics and control, communications, and
ground station operations can all be simulated. ASTE has a site
license for STK through a donation from the company, Analytical Graphics Inc. (AGI). Installation CDs
will be provided.
Course Material:
The times and topics given below are approximate, and the list may change
as the semester progresses.
We will see how things go and take more or less time on each topic as seems appropriate. The readings are from SMAD.
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Week |
Date |
Topic |
Reading |
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1
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08/25 & 08/27
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Review of orbital mechanics as covered in ASTE 280.
Orbital perturbations. WGS 84 gravitational model of Earth.
|
Ch. 6, 7
|
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2
|
09/01 & 09/03
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Space environment. Solar cycle and solar wind.
|
Ch. 8
|
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3
|
09/08 & 09/10
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Spacecraft charging. Radiation effects.
|
Ch. 8
|
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4
|
09/15 & 09/17
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Optics. Space telescopes and instruments.
|
Ch. 1, Ch. 9
|
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5
|
09/22 & 09/24
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Spacecraft communications.
Electromagnetic propagation.
|
Ch. 9
|
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6
|
09/29 & 10/01
|
Attitude determination and control (ADC) subsystem.
|
Ch. 11, section 1
|
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7
|
10/06 & 10/08
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Global Positioning System (GPS).
FIRST MIDTERM EXAM.
|
|
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8
|
10/13 & 10/15
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Communications power budget. Error correction.
|
Ch. 11, section 2; ch. 13
|
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9
|
10/20 & 10/22
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Spacecraft power subsystem.
|
Ch. 11, section 4
|
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10
|
10/27 & 10/29
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Spacecraft thermal subsystem.
|
Ch. 11, section 5
|
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11
|
11/03 & 11/05
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Spacecraft structures.
SECOND MIDTERM EXAM.
|
Ch. 11, section 6
|
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12
|
11/10 & 11/12
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More on spacecraft structures.
|
Ch. 11, section 6
|
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13
|
11/17 & 11/19
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More on GPS. Navigation.
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Ch. 11, section 7
|
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14
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11/24 & 11/26
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Sensors.
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15
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12/01 & 12/03
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Special topics. Review.
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