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AE 403 - Spacecraft Attitude Control

Last offered Spring 2025

Official Description

Theory and applications of spacecraft attitude dynamics and control; Euler angles, direction cosines, quaternions, and Gibbs-Rodrigues parameters; attitude sensors and control actuators; spin, three-axis active, reaction wheel, control moment gyro, and gravity gradient control systems; environmental effects. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 352 and AE 353.

Schedule and Instructors

TitleSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Spacecraft Attitude ControlA29973LCD31100 - 1215 T R  106B6 Engineering Hall Hongrui Zhao
Spacecraft Attitude ControlONC76245OLC3 -    Hongrui Zhao
Spacecraft Attitude ControlONL62470ONL3 -    Hongrui Zhao