IIT Kharagpur - Space Flight Mechanics

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Space Flight Mechanics
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Overview

This course is designed to introduce orbital mechanics of satellite

Duration	12 weeks
Total fee	Free
Mode of learning	Online
Official Website	Explore Free Course
Credential	Certificate

Space Flight Mechanics
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Highlights

Earn a certificate of completion from NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur
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Course toppers are provided an opportunity to take internship with industry /course instructor
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Space Flight Mechanics
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Course details

Who should do this course?

INTENDED AUDIENCE : Aerospace, Mechanical, Physics, Mathematics

What are the course deliverables?

The concept of general orbit perturbation will be discussed
Earth as a non-spherical body and its effect on gravity will be elaborated
Preliminary orbit determination of the satellite will be discussed
Finally, orbit transfer will be elaborated

More about this course

The course will begin with central force motion and then proceed to the two- body and three-body dynamics under mutual gravitational acceleration
It will also introduce the concept of Lagrange points and their stability

Space Flight Mechanics
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Curriculum

Introduction to Space Flight Mechanics

Week 1 : Conic Section & Central Force motion

Week 2: Two Body problem (equation of relative motion, integrals of the two body problem)

Week 3: The Classical Orbital Elements (determination from burnout data and inverse problem of orbit determination)

Week 4: Kepler?s Equation and Kepler?s Problem (orbit propagation)

Week 5: Three Body/Restricted Three Body Problem (equation of motion)

Week 6: Restricted Three Body Problem (Lagrange points and their stability)

Week 7: General Perturbation Theory (variation of parameters)

Week 8: General Perturbation Theory (variation of parameters)

Week 9: Preliminary Orbit Determination (reference frames and methods of orbit determination)

Week 10: Orbit Transfer (Hohmann and Bielliptic)

Week 11: Orbit Transfer (patched conic section method, interplanetary transfer, flyby)

Week 12: Non-Coplanar Orbit Transfer (Interception and Rendezvous)

Space Flight Mechanics
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Faculty details

Prof. Manoranjan Sinha

Currently, I am a professor in the Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur and involved in research on satellite and aircraft dynamics and control and solved some intricate problem. I have worked on orbital mechanics and orbit determination of satellite extensively. I have taught the course space flight mechanics at IIT Kharagpur for more than 15 years.