Sumários
Attitude Determination and Control Systems (I)
17 Novembro 2020, 11:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: What is an Attitude Determination and Control System (ADCS)
- What is attitude?
- Why determine and control?
- Requirements and constraints
- Control loop
Analysis of the population of orbital objects (part I)
12 Novembro 2020, 09:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
Computational exercise for studying the population of orbital objects described in "Two / Three Line Elements" (TLEs)
Propulsion systems (II)
12 Novembro 2020, 08:30 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: Propulsion systems in detail
- Chemical propulsion
- Electric propulsion
- Nuclear propulsion
- Solar-Thermal Propulsion
- Propellant-free systems
Satellites - problem sheet 1 (continued)
10 Novembro 2020, 12:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
Work on problem sheet: Satellites-1
Propulsion systems (I)
10 Novembro 2020, 11:00 • André Maria da Silva Dias Moitinho de Almeida
:: Introduction
- Propulsion purposes and requirements
- Types and comparison of propulsion systems
- The rocket equation
- Effects of rocket nozzle expansion
Chapter 6 of Fortescue et al. (Spacecraft Systems Engineering)