Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control from the University of Colorado Boulder

Invest in your career in the field of spacecraft GNC. Master complicated models of spacecraft dynamics.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת ב-Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control של University of Colorado Boulder

Professional Certificate

Advanced

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

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Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Torque-based steering dynamics and control
  • Analytical methods for modeling complex spacecraft systems
  • Ability to model dynamics of spacecraft systems with components that change over time
  • Developing complex spacecraft dynamics simulations
  • Creating high-quality direction simulations
  • Development of control of spacecraft systems with time-varying geometry

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Spacecraft Dynamics Engineer
  • GNC (Guidance, Navigation, and Control) Engineer
  • Researcher in the field of spacecraft dynamics
  • Develops complex dynamics simulations
  • Space Software Engineer
  • Expert in complex spacecraft systems
  • Variable Geometry Systems Engineer

Internship – 3-part course series

This specialization in Advanced Spacecraft Dynamics and Control is intended for engineers and researchers experienced in the field of spacecraft dynamics and GNC control. It is understood that the observer has already completed the previous specialization in spacecraft dynamics.

Main topics

  • Torque-based steering dynamics and control
  • Analytical methods for modeling complex spacecraft systems
  • Final project

After completing this course, you will be able to model the dynamics of spacecraft systems with components that change over time (reaction wheels, CMS, deployable panels, etc.).

Hands-on Learning Project

Learners will develop complex dynamics simulations of a spacecraft with multiple variable-speed gyroscopes (CMGs) attached. This software development is challenging and allows the engineer to create high-quality orientation simulations and develop control.

Furthermore, the final project investigates spacecraft with time-varying geometry for cases of three-dimensional and planar rotation, relevant to the modeling of flexible or deployable solar panels.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Motion balancing using momentum exchange devices

Course 1: 45 hours

Course details:

  • Development of equations of motion for space with momentum exchange devices.
  • Writing and validating complex space simulations.
  • Exploiting the nullmotion state of momentum devices to avoid singularities.

Skills you will acquire:

  • RW Performance Packages
  • Non-linear direction control
  • Gyroscopes for variable speed control
  • Reaction wheels
  • Control Gyroscopes (CMGs)

Course 2: 32 hours

Course details:

  • Using virtual working methods to develop equations of motion of mechanical systems.
  • Understanding how to use Lagrange multipliers to study constrained dynamical systems.
  • Ability to derive the equations of motion of a spacecraft with flexible subcomponents.

Skills you will acquire:

  • Holonomic constraints
  • Hamilton’s Extended Engineer’s Principle
  • Lagrangian dynamics
  • Dynamics of multi-body systems
  • De Lambert’s principle

Course 3: 16 hours

Course details:

  • How to create and verify a simulation of a spacecraft with an adjustable panel.
  • Studying the dynamics of spacecraft with time-varying geometry.

Skills you will acquire:

  • Direction control from input designer
  • Geometry changes over time
  • Spaceship simulation
  • Center of mass properties

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