University of Colorado Boulder
Advanced Capstone Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Project
University of Colorado Boulder

Advanced Capstone Spacecraft Dynamics and Control Project

Hanspeter Schaub

Instructor: Hanspeter Schaub

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16 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Advanced level

Recommended experience

16 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • How to create and validate a simulation of a spacecraft with a hinged panel.

  • Investigate spacecraft dynamics with a time varying geometry.

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6 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 3 modules in this course

Welcome to the capstone project of the course sequence on advanced spacecraft dynamics and control.

What's included

1 video

In this lesson we study a spacecraft system that contains a rigid hub with a hinged solar panel. Here the hub and panel center of mass locations are free to move relative to the spacecraft system center of mass. Fundamental properties of the dynamical description are derived.

What's included

1 reading3 assignments

In this module we develop the differential equations of motion of the hub-panel spacecraft system that is constrained to rotate about a single axis. Two different open-loop torque solutions are applied to reorient the spacecraft from rest to a new stationary attitude. The impact of filtering a classical bang-bang control solution is investigated by apply a first-order low-pass filter to the control input.

What's included

1 reading3 assignments

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Hanspeter Schaub
University of Colorado Boulder
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