. "Spacecraft technology and space environment"@en . . "5.0" . "Aims\n\n- being able to evaluate the different elements of an aerospace missions: launching, orbital mechanics and corrections, performing the mission requirements during the lifetime of a spacecraft\n- dimensioning and evaluating different (sub)systems of a spacecraft (phase 0-level): structure, propulsion, orbital and attitude control, energy management, thermal control, material choice, payload,….\n- acquiring insight of existing aerospace technologies, specific loads and test procedures: launch vehicles, satellite systems, launch and environmental loads\n- getting acquainted to project phasing and scheduling\n\nModule 3.87 ects. Spacecraft Technology and Space Environment: Lecture (B-KUL-H04X5a)\n\n1. Introduction\n- History and overview of aerospace\n \n2. Orbital mechanics\n- Keplerorbits and central force field\n- Generalization of force field: geopotential, flattening and asymmetry\n- Orbit perturbuations: periodic and permanent\n- Swing-by and Lagragian points\n \n3. Propulsion, Rockets and Launch\n- Propulsion: thrust, specific impulse, solid, liquid and electrical propulsion, propulsion systems\n- Rocket equation: ideal acceleration and losses, ∆v,…\n- Rockets: working principles, performance, multi-staging\n- Launching: optimalisation, minimum ∆v, injection errors\n- Ariane rocket: technical description, performance and evolutions\n \n4. Satellites\n- Goal, construction and subsystems \n- Telecommunication satellites and other applications\n- Structure: loads, materials, construction\n- Thermal control: passive, active, materials,..\n- Orbital and attitude control: spin en 3D-stabilized S/C, sensors en control-units\n- Electrical power: solar arrays, batteries,…\n- TTC: antennas, telecommunication\n- Project management: phasing and testing\n \n5. Space Environment\n- microgravity, vacuum, atomic oxygen\n- space weather, electromagnetic and corpuscular radiation, radiation belts,…\n- Meteorides, space debris\n\nModule 1.13 ects. Spacecraft Technology and Space Environment: Practicals (B-KUL-H04X6a)\n\n1. Introduction\n- History and overview of aerospace\n \n2. Orbital mechanics\n- Keplerorbits and central force field\n- Generalization of force field: geopotential, flattening and asymmetry\n- Orbit perturbuations: periodic and permanent\n- Swing-by and Lagragian points\n \n3. Propulsion, Rockets and Launch\n- Propulsion: thrust, specific impulse, solid, liquid and electrical propulsion, propulsion systems\n- Rocket equation: ideal acceleration and losses, ∆v,…\n- Rockets: working principles, performance, multi-staging\n- Launching: optimalisation, minimum ∆v, injection errors\n- Ariane rocket: technical description, performance and evolutions\n \n4. Satellites\n- Goal, construction and subsystems \n- Telecommunication satellites and other applications\n- Structure: loads, materials, construction\n- Thermal control: passive, active, materials,..\n- Orbital and attitude control: spin en 3D-stabilized S/C, sensors en control-units\n- Electrical power: solar arrays, batteries,…\n- TTC: antennas, telecommunication\n- Project management: phasing and testing\n \n5. Space Environment\n- microgravity, vacuum, atomic oxygen\n- space weather, electromagnetic and corpuscular radiation, radiation belts,…\n- Meteorides, space debris\n\nMore information at: https://onderwijsaanbod.kuleuven.be/syllabi/e/H04X5AE.htm#activetab=doelstellingen_idp2776672" . . "Presential"@en . "FALSE" . . "Other Environmental Sciences Kas"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Master of Space Studies"@en . . "https://www.kuleuven.be/programmes/master-space-studies#about" . "60"^^ . "Presential"@en . "no data"@en . . . "1"@en . "TRUE" . . "Master"@en . "Thesis" . "7099.10" . "Euro"@en . "7099.10" . "None" . "Career perspectives\nGraduates will be in a position to develop a career in the space sector or in space research; taking up roles in the space industry (engineers, product developers and technical-commercial functions), research institutions with activities in space (researchers and project developers), (inter)governmental bodies with responsibilities in research and development programmes related to space (project managers and directors), policymakers on the national, European and international levels and in a broad range of companies and organisations which use or are facilitated by space missions."@en . "3"^^ . "TRUE" . "Midstream"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .