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About the Course

The movement of bodies in space (like spacecraft, satellites, and space stations) must be predicted and controlled with precision in order to ensure safety and efficacy. Kinematics is a field that develops descriptions and predictions of the motion of these bodies in 3D space. This course in Kinematics covers four major topic areas: an introduction to particle kinematics, a deep dive into rigid body kinematics in two parts (starting with classic descriptions of motion using the directional cosine matrix and Euler angles, and concluding with a review of modern descriptors like quaternions and Classical and Modified Rodrigues parameters). The course ends with a look at static attitude determination, using modern algorithms to predict and execute relative orientations of bodies in space. After this course, you will be able to... * 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 The material covered is taking from the book "Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems" available at https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/book/10.2514/4.105210....

Top reviews

AB

Jan 17, 2021

A wonderful course on Spacecraft Kinematics, by a top quality instructor.Thank you Professor! It was a pleasure to take another course from you!

CR

Dec 26, 2018

Very good course! Few of the quizzes have the wrong answers marked as correct which can be confusing when learning the material (see the discussion forum for specifics).

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By Joseph V R R

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Oct 4, 2020

Muy bueno , estoy agradecido aprendi bastante

By Bhupender S

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Aug 2, 2020

its awsome and ive learned a lot of things

By Jakub B

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Dec 28, 2018

Fantastic course with a fantastic lecturer

By Abhishek A

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Jan 22, 2021

It's really interesting to work through!

By Nipen K

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Jul 17, 2020

Very conceptual course, I enjoyed it.

By Ignacio L A

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Jul 22, 2020

Great course, I highly recommend it.

By JOHN Q

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May 5, 2017

wonderful course. very interesting

By Rian F J

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Nov 24, 2020

Awesome course! Good explanations.

By Șerban A

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May 4, 2020

Great course, excellent teacher

By עופר מ

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Mar 25, 2021

Excellent course, well taught.

By Ramy M

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May 27, 2020

Just insanely brilliant !!!

By Vedant R

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May 18, 2020

awesome had fun learning

By Zain T

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Jun 8, 2020

Excellent course!

By Juan C U G

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Jun 13, 2020

Excellent course

By Enrique A

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Sep 29, 2020

Extraordinario

By Nicolas R

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Feb 17, 2019

Serious stuff.

By vincenzo l

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Sep 17, 2023

Great Course!

By ATHARVA P

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Jul 22, 2020

Great Course

By NGUYEN L H

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Feb 4, 2018

Recommend!

By João d B M C

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Apr 28, 2021

Amazing!

By SAIKAT B

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Mar 14, 2019

Amazing,

By Trần T H

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Oct 29, 2024

good

By Vladimir B

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Jan 30, 2020

I found the subject fascinating and have learned a lot. The format however, needs a lot of improvements as there was a lot of knowledge that I had to scout around for on the internet and in different textbooks in order to complete the course.

By Juan B B R

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Jan 27, 2020

Very good course, but gets a little boring in the middle when it is much of repeating the same stuff in different representations. I would also like to have access to the homework assignments that the teacher mentions.

By Pietro D M

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Jul 6, 2022

Very complete and detailed course

Lessons are very clear and intermediate evaluations useful

It laks a bit of supporting materials instead ( ppts, pdf documentations...)