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Space Avionics

Minimum 45 hours

  Course description

This course is intended for Aerospace Engineering students, IT students in Telecommunications, Communications, anyone interested in learning more about space avionics.
This course provides basic principles of Spacecraft Attitude Control.

  Detailed Course Syllabus

Introduction to Attitude Control

  1. Physical concepts
  2. Reference frames
  3. Modes of operation

Main configurations description      

  1. Body-stabilized Satellites
  2. Spinner Satellites

Attitude sensors

  1. Earth Sensors
  2. RF sensors
  3. Sun and Star Sensors
  4. Giroscopes

Attitude Determination

  1. Attitude parametrization
  2. Attitude kinematics
  3. Attitude Determination Methods

Disturbance Torques

  1. Solar pressure
  2. Magnetic Field
  3. Gravity Gradient

Attitude Control

  1. Spin and Dual-Spin attitude stabilization
  2. Momentum and Reaction wheel control systems
  3. Control torque by using thrusters
  4. Active magnetic control system

Course Material

Course material will be in the form of slides, textbooks, scientific papers (conference papers and few journal papers), and reports from companies.