This course is normally taught in the spring semester. It involves three hours of classes per week and is worth three semester credits. AOE3034 is a prerequisite. AOE 4065 is normally taught in the fall semester and AOE 4066in the spring semester. It involves two hours of classes and three hours of lab per week and is worth three semester credits.
Senior standing is a prerequisite.
Two-body problem, Kepler's Laws, energy and time relations, orbit specification and determination. Orbital maneuver and transfer, patched conic approximations, relative motion, and elements of optimal maneuvering. This course is normally taught in the fall semester. It involves three hours of classes per week and is worth three semester credits. ESM 2304 is a prerequisite.