Space Operations - ZEIT8007

Faculty: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

School: School of Engineering & Information Technology @ UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Course Outline: https://gateway.unsw.adfa.edu.au/isas/current_students/outlines/index.html

Campus: UNSW Canberra at ADFA

Career: Postgraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

Description

This course examines issues in space operations, such as orbits (including orbit perturbations and orbit determination), launch on-orbit, rendezvous, re-entry, space environment, space law, coordination. Operations aspects of space applications are examined, such as communications, navigation, remote sensing, space surveillance and space situational awareness. Mission aspects of these applications are also examined, including mission analysis, mission design and mission operations. A brief overview of military space systems and applications is also given.


Learning Outcomes


The major goal of this course is to provide you with an opportunity to develop an understanding of the processes and practices associated with the specification of operational requirements for space systems to meet a variety of space missions. Most importantly, you will have applied this knowledge in a major assignment as a vehicle for reinforcing the learning on the course.

Delivery Mode


Distance

Topics


  • Chapters 1 – 7
  • Chapters 8 – 11, 13
  • Chapters 14 – 17, 28 & Assignment
  • Chapters 18 – 22, 24 & Assignment
  • Chapters 26 – 27, 29 – 30 & Assignment
  • Assignment and 2nd Test Preparation
  • Assignment Completion

Assessment


There are two assessment items in this course: three online tests (40% in total) and one assignment (60%).

Course Texts


Prescribed Texts:
Wertz, J.R., D.F. Everett, and J.J. Puschell, Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD, Hawthorne, CA: Microcosm Press.

Recommended Texts:
While there is no additional reading recommended for this course, you may wish to use the library and other resources to augment your understanding of the area.

Software:
Nil

Resources


N/A