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Course Catalog 01/02


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RYM006 Spacecraft Environment Interactions 7.5 ECTS credits

TIMEPERIOD:
Q I

LANGUAGE:English/Swedish

EXAMINER
Asta Pellinen-Wannberg Univ lekt


PREREQUISITES
MTF081 Space- and astrophysics.

COURSE AIM
The aim of the course is to deepen and broaden the student's understanding of the environment in space, the problems that it introduces into the operation of a satellite and the methods that may be used to overcome these problems.

CONTENTS
The space environment - effects of solar heating, low temperatures, vacuum conditions; atmospheric drag, debris and micro meteoroids;
plasma interactions, spacecraft charging;
chemical reaction with neutral species;
radiation degradation.

TEACHING
Lectures, exercise classes and laboratory exercises.

EXAMINATION
Written examination.
COURSE GRADE SCALE: 3, 4, 5

ITEMS/CREDITS
Laboratory work 0.00ECTS
Written exam 7.50ECTS

COURSE LITERATURE
Daniel Hastings and Henry Garrett: Spacecraft environment interactions. Cambridge University Press

Valid for the academic year 01/02.

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