Kinematics: Describing the Motions of Spacecraft
Completed by Carlo Cena
December 14, 2025
28 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Differentiate a vector as seen by another rotating frame and derive frame dependent velocity and acceleration vectors
Apply the Transport Theorem to solve kinematic particle problems and translate between various sets of attitude descriptions
Add and subtract relative attitude descriptions and integrate those descriptions numerically to predict orientations over time
Derive the fundamental attitude coordinate properties of rigid bodies and determine attitude from a series of heading measurements
Skills you will gain
- Category: Linear Algebra
- Category: Control Systems
- Category: Calculus
- Category: Algorithms
- Category: Trigonometry
- Category: Advanced Mathematics
- Category: Differential Equations
- Category: Engineering Analysis
- Category: Mathematical Modeling
- Category: Applied Mathematics
- Category: Mechanics
- Category: Numerical Analysis
