MAE 180. Orbital Mechanics (4 units)
Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/MAE.html#mae180
Description
Students perform analyses based on mission requirements. Selected topics include astrodynamics, orbital motion, perturbations, coordinate systems and frames of reference, ground tracks and classification of common orbits, orbit determination, orbital maneuvers, station keeping, orbit injection and launch geometry, and interplanetary and lunar trajectories.
Prerequisite courses
MAE 180 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
MAE 180 is a prerequisite of the following 1 courses: