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Orbit- and Flighmechanics
Orbit- und Flugmechanik

Course 0000000583 in SS 2019

General Data

Course Type lecture
Semester Weekly Hours 2 SWS
Organisational Unit Chair of Astronautics (Prof. Walter)
Lecturers Ulrich Walter
Dates Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250

Assignment to Modules

Further Information

Courses are together with exams the building blocks for modules. Please keep in mind that information on the contents, learning outcomes and, especially examination conditions are given on the module level only – see section "Assignment to Modules" above.

additional remarks • Orbitgeometrie: Koordinatensysteme, Ground tracks, Earth coverage, Bahnbestimmung, radiale Orbits • Bahnübergänge: elementare Manöver, allgemeine Bahnübergänge, Lambert Transfer, Hohmann-Transfer (Wiederholung), bi-elliptischer Transfer, Continuous Thrust Transfer • Orbitales Rendezvous: Hill-Gleichungen, Typen der Relativbewegung, Rendezvous& Docking am Beispiel der ISS • Satellitendynamik: Physik der Rotation, Lagekinematik, Lagedynamik, Gravitationsgradienten-Stabilisierung • Bahnstörungen: Gravitationsstörungen, Drag, Strahlungsdruck, Resonante Orbits, GPS, GEO, lunisolare Störungen • Dreikörperproblem: Synchrone Orbits, R3BP, CR3BP, Invariante Mannigfaltigkeiten, Bahnen um Librationspunkte • Interplanetare Flüge: Patched Conics, Ab- und Anflugsbahnen, Übergangsbahnen, Flyby-Manöver, Weak Stability Boundary Transfers • Aufstiegsmechanik: Erdatmosphäre, Ableitung der Bewegungsgleichungen, Aufstiegsphasen, Aufstiegsoptimierung • Wiedereintritt: Bewegungsgleichungen, Deorbit Phase, Ballistischer Wiedereintritt, Reentry mit Lift, Reflexionen und Skip Reentry, Lifting Reentry
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Equivalent Courses (e. g. in other semesters)

SemesterTitleLecturersDates
SS 2024 Orbit- and Flightmechanics Meßmann, D. Walter, U. Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2023 Orbit- and Flightmechanics Meßmann, D. Walter, U. Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2022 Orbit- and Flightmechanics Meßmann, D. Walter, U. Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2021 Orbit- and Flightmechanics Meßmann, D. Walter, U. Tue, 10:15–11:45, virtuell
SS 2020 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Meßmann, D. Walter, U. Tue, 10:15–11:45, virtuell
SS 2018 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2017 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2016 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
and singular or moved dates
SS 2015 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
SS 2014 Orbit- and Flighmechanics Tue, 10:15–11:45, MW 1250
and singular or moved dates
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