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Written by Kevin Stein   
Sep 19, 2008 at 05:05 PM
Instuctor:

 

  • Andrew Kalman,
    Durand Building, Room 377
    Office hours: TBD

Course
Assistants:

 

  • Steven Pifko,
  • Kevin Stein,  
  • Office hours: W 10 - 12 AM, Fri 1 - 4 PM, Durand 001
Lecture &
Laboratory:
  • Monday: Lecture 3:45 - 5:00 pm, GESB 131
  • Wednesday: Lecture 3:45 - 5:00 pm, GESB 131
  • Laboratory: 5:00 - 7:30 pm, TBD (approximate times based on lab and lecture needs).

Text Book:
  • Space Mission Analysis and Design
    by Wertz and Larson
    Third edition
    Available online.

Grading:
  • 70% Rover Project. Requirements Document: [doc]
  • 20% SSDL Internal or Self-guided Projects. Description and Ideas: [pdf]
  • 10% Attendance and Quizzes

Projects:
  • Simulated Martian rover mission. Mission requirements will be discussed in class, see AA236A 2007/8 for similar requirements. 

Lecture
Schedule:

  • UNDER DEVELOPMENT
  • Additional Reading for Class (AFRC) are academic papers that you may find interesting.

 

Date
Lecture (GESB 131)
Laboratory (Durand 012)
22 Sep.
(Mon)
Class Introduction
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • Quiz 1 Assigned: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: None

Lab Introduction
24 Sep.
(Wed)
Systems Engineering

 

Electronics
29 Sep.
(Mon)
Spacecraft Design and Sizing
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 9 - 10
  • Quiz 2: [pdf]
  • ARFC: Opal: Smaller, Simpler, Luckier, by James Cutler, Gregory Hutchins. In Proceedings of the AIAA Small Satellite Conference, Logan, UT, September, 2000

Cubesat Kit Checkout
01 Oct.
(Wed)
Small Satellites (Guest Lecture: Prof. Bob Twiggs)
  • Lecture Notes:
  • SMAD Chapters:

Intro to CSK and Salvo
06 Oct.
(Mon)
Space Environment and Radiation Effects

Rover Kickoff Meeting
08 Oct.
(Wed)
AA297 Seminar (Prof. Rock)
  • Location: Thornton 102, 4:15-5:30pm
  • SMAD Chapters:

Analog to Digital Conversion and Salvo Timer
13 Oct.
(Mon)
Command and Data Handling
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf] 
  • SMAD Chapters: 11.3

USARTs: I2C, SPI, and UART
15 Oct.
(Wed)
Command and Data Handling
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 11.2, 11.3

Radio Communication
20 Oct.
(Mon)
Communications
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 13

Command Processing
22 Oct.
(Wed)
Communications
  • Lecture Notes and TAP, DAP, CAP, and BAP descriptions: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 13

Servos and PWM
27 Oct.
(Mon)
Ground Systems and Operations
  • Lecture Notes:[pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 14

System Design Review
29 Oct.
(Wed)
Rover Checkout #1

03 Nov.
(Mon)
Orbital Mechanics
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 6 - 7

Data Storage
05 Nov.
(Wed)
Guidance, Navigation, and Control
  • Lecture Notes: [pdf]
  • SMAD Chapters: 11.7, 6.3 - 6.5
Navigation
10 Nov.
(Mon)
Propulsion
  • Lecture Notes: 
  • SMAD Chapters:

Open Lab
12 Nov.
(Wed)
Attitude Determination and Control
  • Lecture Notes: 
  • SMAD Chapters:

Open Lab

17 Nov.
(Mon)

 

Rover Checkout #2

19 Nov.
(Wed)

 

Power Storage and Management
  • Lecture Notes:
  • SMAD Chapters:
Color Sensor
24 Nov.
(Mon)
THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS!!!

 

No Lab
26 Nov.
(Wed)
THANKSGIVING - NO CLASS!!!
No Lab
01 Dec.
(Mon)
Power Generation
  • Lecture Notes:
  • SMAD Chapters:

Open Lab
03 Dec.
(Wed)
Next Quarter
  • Lecture Notes:
  • SMAD Chapters:
Open Lab
Final Time Slot          
Final Rover Checkout
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