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

Discover a career in spacecraft state analysis. Learn the theories and concepts of spacecraft state dynamics.

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קורס אונליין - התמחות מקצועית מוסמכת בדינמיקה ובקרה של חלליות של אוניברסיטת קולורדו בולדר

Professional Certificate

Advanced

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • dynamics
  • Controlling nonlinear oscillations
  • Kinematics
  • Spacecraft movement

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Spacecraft Dynamics Engineer
  • Space Systems Software Developer
  • Kinetics Engineer
  • Nonlinear control expert
  • Numerical Simulation Engineer
  • Modeler for Rotational Dynamics
  • Autonomous Systems Engineer
  • Researcher in the field of rigid body dynamics
  • Project Manager in the field of space technologies
  • 3D Orientation Expert

Internship – a four-part course series

Spacecraft dynamics and control

  • Covering three critical areas:
    • Kinematics: The description of the motion and rate of motion of rigid bodies.
    • Kinetics: Development of equations of motion that predict the motion of rigid bodies while taking into account mass, momentum, and inertia.
    • Control: Non-linear control for programming specific orientations and achieving precise aiming goals in three-dimensional space.

Purpose of the internship

  • To present the theories related to spacecraft dynamics and control.
  • including:
    • The 3D description of orientation.
    • Creating models for rotation dynamics.
    • Developing control over repetitive input to achieve desired behavioral trajectories.

Hands-on Learning Project

  • The capstone project integrates the analytical skills you have gained during the courses within the concept of a Mars mission.
  • Developing the directions of a small satellite for different mission requirements.
  • Numerical simulations are developed to verify the predicted closed-loop directional control.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Kinematics: Description of spacecraft movements

  • Course 1 • 28 hours • 4.9 (324 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Distinguish a vector as it appears from another rotating frame and develop frame-dependent velocity and acceleration vectors
  • Apply the transfer theorem to solve particle kinematic problems and translate between different sets of rotation descriptions
  • Add and subtract relative rotation descriptions and then combine the numerical descriptions to predict orientations over time.
  • To derive the basic rotational coordinate properties of shallow bodies and determine the angle from a series of direction measurements

Kinematics: The study of spacecraft motion

  • Course 2 • 21 hours • 4.8 (131 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • To derive the rotational equations and evaluate torque-free motion with associated constraints and stability
  • Develop equations of motion for a rigid body with several rotating components and derive and implement the gravitational gradient torque
  • Apply the static stability conditions of the dual-span configuration and evaluate changes when torque-changing devices are introduced.
  • To derive equations of motion for systems in which there are various torque-exchange devices

Nonlinear rotational motion control of spacecraft

  • Course 3 • 31 hours • 4.7 (66 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Distinguish between a variety of concepts of nonlinear stability
  • Apply the direct Lyapunov method to assert stability and convergence on a variety of dynamical systems
  • Develop rate and angle error metrics for 3-axis control using Lyapunov theory
  • Analyze the convergence of rigid body control with unmodeled torque

Spacecraft Dynamics: Final Project – Mars Mission

  • Course 4 • 43 hours • 4.6 (48 ratings)

Course Details

What you’ll learn
  • Apply 3D kinematics to simulate a mission-related trajectory and estimate the direction of a trajectory
  • Utilize knowledge of shallow body kinematics to determine angular reference frames for various turning situations
  • Demonstrate the ability to numerically simulate spacecraft angular dynamics and evaluate control performance

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