MAE 240. Space Flight Mechanics (4 units)
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Description
Astrodynamics modeling within Newtonian, Lagrangian, and Hamiltonian frameworks with application to spacecraft motion in non-Keplerian and strongly perturbed environments. Topics include the gravitational n-body problem and reduced-order models, perturbation formulations and dynamical systems theory, and numerical methods.
Prerequisite courses
MAE 240 has no prerequisite courses.
Successor courses
No courses have MAE 240 as a prerequisite.