# Spaceflight Mechanics

## MANE-4100

Review of basic dynamics. Analysis of spacecraft trajectories, target rendezvous, and interception. Hohmann transfer, escape trajectories, interplanetary missions, the restricted three-body problem. Rigid body dynamics with application to gyrodynamics, stabilized platforms, gravity-gradient and spin stabilization of satellites, gyrostats. Selected topics such as drag-free satellites, vehicle launch and reentry, deployment dynamics (time permitting). MATLAB/Simulink is used as a simulation-visualization aid.

4 credits
Prereqs:
ENGR-2090 Engineering Dynamics
and
MATH-2400 Intro Diff Equations

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| Spring | Summer | Fall
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2025 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Sandeep Singh Seats Taken: 0/80 |  |
2024 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Sandeep Singh Seats Taken: 73/80 |  |
2023 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Sandeep Singh Seats Taken: 80/90 |  |
2022 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 95/120 |  |
2021 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) John A. Christian Seats Taken: 60/75 |  |
2020 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) John A. Christian Seats Taken: 63/90 |  |
2019 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 88/90 |  |
2018 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 75/85 |  |
2017 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Jeremy Laflin Seats Taken: 63/70 |  |
2016 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 66/0 |  |
2015 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 56/70 |  |
2014 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 42/70 |  |
2013 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 60/70 |  |
2012 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 46/50 |  |
2011 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 59/60 |  |
2010 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 51/60 |  |
2009 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 38/40 |  |
2008 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Marie M. Dieffenbach Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 32/40 |  |
2007 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 30/32 |  |
2006 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 16/40 |  |
2005 | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Kurt S Anderson Seats Taken: 11/40 |  |
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2003 |  |  | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Marcelo R M Crespo da Silva Seats Taken: 9/35
2002 |  |  | Spaceflight Mechanics (4c) Marcelo R M Crespo da Silva Seats Taken: 13/20
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