Kinematics: Describing the Motions of Spacecraft

This course is part of Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Specialization

Instructor: Hanspeter Schaub

What you'll learn

  •   Differentiate a vector as seen by another rotating frame and derive frame dependent velocity and acceleration vectors
  •   Apply the Transport Theorem to solve kinematic particle problems and translate between various sets of attitude descriptions
  •   Add and subtract relative attitude descriptions and integrate those descriptions numerically to predict orientations over time
  •   Derive the fundamental attitude coordinate properties of rigid bodies and determine attitude from a series of heading measurements
  • Skills you'll gain

  •   Verification And Validation
  •   Numerical Analysis
  •   Physics
  •   Linear Algebra
  •   Engineering Analysis
  •   Engineering Calculations
  •   Differential Equations
  •   Mechanics
  •   Applied Mathematics
  •   Advanced Mathematics
  •   Mathematical Modeling
  •   Estimation
  • There are 4 modules in this course

    After this course, you will be able to... * Differentiate a vector as seen by another rotating frame and derive frame dependent velocity and acceleration vectors * Apply the Transport Theorem to solve kinematic particle problems and translate between various sets of attitude descriptions * Add and subtract relative attitude descriptions and integrate those descriptions numerically to predict orientations over time * Derive the fundamental attitude coordinate properties of rigid bodies and determine attitude from a series of heading measurements The material covered is taking from the book "Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems" available at https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.105210.

    Rigid Body Kinematics I

    Rigid Body Kinematics II

    Static Attitude Determination

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