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2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

MAE 583 - Astrodynamics


(3 units)

Prerequisite: MAE 502  or equivalent all with a grade of “C” or better, or consent of instructor.
Physical principles. Two-body and central force motion. Coordinate and time systems. Trajectory correction maneuvers. Position and velocity in conic orbits. Lambert’s Problem. Celestial mechanics. Orbital perturbations. Numerical methods in orbital mechanics and mission analysis.

Letter grade only (A-F). (Lecture-problems 3 hours)