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Course Catalog 01/02


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RYM002 Satellite Engineering 1 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Martin Bohm Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
MTF055 Machanics II and MTF012 Thermodynamics.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to give an overview of the applications, payloads, subsystems, launch and orbits of both satellites and space missions.


CONTENTS
History, applications and payloads, launch vehicles, orbits and choice of orbit.
Spacecraft subsystems: structure, attitude and orbit control, power systems, communications systems for telemetry, tracking and control (TT&C), thermal control.

TEACHING


EXAMINATION

COURSE GRADE SCALE:

ITEMS/CREDITS
Laboratory work 0.00ECTS
Written exam 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE


Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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