More Aerospace Engineering Courses
Astrodynamics
Course Description
This course covers the fundamentals of astrodynamics, focusing on the two-body orbital initial-value and boundary-value problems with applications to space vehicle navigation and guidance for lunar and planetary missions, including both powered flight and midcourse maneuvers. Other topics include celestial mechanics, Kepler's problem, Lambert's problem, orbit determination, multi-body methods, mission planning, and recursive algorithms for space navigation. Selected applications from the Apollo, Space Shuttle, and Mars exploration programs are also discussed.
Source: http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/aeronautics-and-astronautics/16-3...

The first realistic multiple flyby orbit, discovered January 26, 1961 using trial and error. (Image courtesy of Richard Battin.)
1 rating
No
Video Lectures & Study Materials
# | Lecture | Play Lecture |
---|---|---|
1 | A History of MIT's Participation in the Guidance, Navigation and Control of the Apollo Spacecraft | Play Video |
Comments
There are no comments.
Be the first to post one.
Posting Comment...
Disclaimer:
CosmoLearning is promoting these materials solely for nonprofit educational purposes, and to recognize contributions made by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to online education. We do not host or upload any copyrighted materials, including videos hosted on video websites like YouTube*, unless with explicit permission from the author(s).
All intellectual property rights are reserved to MIT and involved parties.
CosmoLearning is not endorsed by MIT, and we are not affiliated
with them, unless otherwise specified. Any questions, claims or concerns
regarding this content should be directed to their creator(s).
*If any embedded videos constitute copyright infringement, we strictly recommend contacting the website hosts directly to have such videos taken down. In such an event, these videos will no longer be playable on CosmoLearning or other websites.
*If any embedded videos constitute copyright infringement, we strictly recommend contacting the website hosts directly to have such videos taken down. In such an event, these videos will no longer be playable on CosmoLearning or other websites.