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6008 Interplanetary Mission Design

Class Outline

Date

Topics

Notes

01/12/2016

IMD Overview Nathan & Collin

01/19/2016 Review, Patched Conics, Perturbations, Lambert's Problem

Lecture 1 Part 1
Lecture 1 Part 2

01/26/2016

Lambert's Problem, Pork Chop Plots

Lambert's Lecture
Pork Chop Plot Lecture
Lambert's Problem Handout
Ephemeris Handout
Ephemeris Coefficients
Ephemeris Checks

02/02/2016

Multi-Rev Lamberts, Gravity Assists

Multi-Rev Lecture

02/09/2016

B-Plane Targeting

B Plane Lecture (pdf)

B Plane Lecture (ppt)
B Plane Targeting
B Plane Summary
Nathan Parrish's B-Plane
visualization

02/16/2016

Resonant Orbits, Mission Development

Resonant Orbits
Propulsion Slides

02/23/2016

Mission Development, Trajectory Optimization

Mission Development
Trajectory Optimization

03/01/2016

Stat OD, Three-Body Problem

03/08/2016

Three-Body Problem

CRTBP Handout

03/15/2016

Three-Body Problem

LPO Overview
Single Shooting Handout
Single Shooting Flowchart
Orbit Stability, Invariant Manifolds
Periodic Orbits

03/22/2016

Spring Break

03/29/2016

Numerical Integration

04/05/2016

Launch Considerations, Real Life Applications, Tisserand

Plots

Stat OD Overview

Tisserand Plots
Launch Considerations
Real Life Applications

Course Project
The course project will involve designing an interplanetary mission. Various software tools, including
STK/Astrogator, will be used to aid in the mission design. The project will combine material covered in
both the lecture and lab sessions.
Project Handout (PDF)
Project Handout (Word)
Planetary Ephemerides, including all planets.
Due
Date

Description

04/07/2016

Pork Chop Plots, Dates, Resonant Orbit selections for first draft.

04/16/2016

Dates, Resonant Orbit selections of final draft of interplanetary transfer. Transfer should be in
STK, though not required.

04/28/2016

Report due!