ENAE 483/788D - Fall, 2024
 Principles of Space Vehicle Design
 Course Syllabus and Announcements

  Space Systems Laboratory - Department of Aerospace Engineering - University of Maryland
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 240829 – The homework for Lecture #01 is linked at the bottom of the splash page for that lecture. (All of the homework sets will be found linked to their specific lecture on this site.) It shouldn't take you more than a few minutes.

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Course Schedule

 Date

 Subject

 Deadlines
 Aug. 27 (#01)   PROJ/Course Syllabus; Project Introduction
 
 Aug. 29 (#02)   SYS/Rocket Performance
 
 Sept. 3 (#03)  SYS/Systems Analysis
 Lecture 1 homework due
 Sept. 5 (#04)  SYS/Systems Engineering
 
 Sept. 10 (#05)  SYS/Space Environment
 
 Sept. 12 (#06)  SYS/Cost Estimation and Engineering Economics
 Lectures 2-4 homework due
 Sept. 17 (#07)  SYS/Mass Estimating Relations
 
 Sept. 19 (#08)  SYS/Reliability, Redundancy, and Resiliency
 484 Preference Survey due
 Sept. 24 (#09)  SYS/Engineering Graphics
 
 Sept. 26 (#10)

 PROJ/Solid Modeling/Computer Aided Design
 Lectures 5-8 homeworks due
 Oct. 1 (#11)  CS/Aerospace Physiology
 
 Oct. 3 (#12)  CS/Habitability 1
 
 Oct. 8 (#13)  CS/Habitability 2
 
 Oct. 10 (#14)  Midterm Exam
 
 Oct. 15 (#15)  CS/Life Support Systems
 
 Oct. 17 (#16)  CS/Radiation
 
 Oct. 22 (#17)  PROJ/Introduction to Rover Design
 Progress report due for Team Project 1
 Oct. 24 (#18)  PROJ/Terramechanics
 Crew Systems homework due
 Oct. 29 (#19)  AFSS/Space Navigation and Guidance
 
 Oct. 31 (#20)  AFSS/Space Communications
 
 Nov. 5 (#21)  AFSS/Avionics System Design
 
 Nov. 7 (#22)  PPT/Space Power Systems Design
 
 Nov. 12 (#23)  PPT/Space Propulsion System Design
 AFSS homework due
 Nov. 14 (#24)  PPT/Thermal Analysis and Design
 
 Nov. 19 (#25)  LSM/Spaceflight Structural Analysis
 
 Nov. 21 (#26)  LSM/Structural Design
 PPT homework due
 Nov. 26 (#27)  LSM/Structural Design Case Studies
 
 Nov. 28  Thanksgiving Break
 
 Dec. 3 (#28)  PROJ/Extravehicular Activity Systems
 
 Dec. 5 (#29)  PROJ/Space Robotics
 LSM homework due

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AFSS/Avionics, Flight Software, and Simulation

CS/Crew Systems and Habitability

LSM/Loads, Structures, and Mechanisms

MPA/Mission Planning & Analysis

PPT/Power, Propulsion, and Thermal

PROJ/Term Project-Related

SYS/Systems Analysis and Engineering