uc3m-aerospace / conquest-of-space-notes

Formulary and class notes for the technical part of UC3Mx MOOC "The conquest of space: space exploration and rocket science"

Conquest of Space: space exploration and rocket science

This repository holds the latest version of the notes for the technical part of the UC3Mx MOOC "The Conquest of Space: space exploration and rocket science"

Contents

Each chapter in the notes corresponds to one week of the course:

1. Astrodynamics: the two body problem
2. Rocket motion
3. Space Environment
4. Space Systems I
5. Space Systems II
6. Global Navigation Satellite Systems
7. Fundamentals of electric propulsion

Important information

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License

(c) Copyright Mario Merino, 2017

These notes are released under the CC-BY-SA license v.4.0.

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Last updated: 20170403