The online course
The online course is managed by Andøya Space Education. Participants will be given access to an online portal where they can access information about various aspects of space science and technology for self-study, before completing two exercises. Andøya Space Education provides help and feedback throughout the process, and plenty of time is given to fit the course around University commitments.
Typical content of the online course:
- About rocket engines
- The rocket engine principle
- Why momentum transfer is important
- The three engine types: solid, liquid and hybrid
- Which rocket engine types to use when
- The rocket thrust equation
- Rocket dynamics
- Forces acting on the rocket (6-DOF). Gravity loss and air drag, which impacts a rocket launch the most?
- How one can simulate a rocket launch on a laptop computer (3-DOF alone and 6-DOF with existing software)
- Satellite orbits
- Kepler’s laws
- Introduction of the six basic parameters describing satellite orbits
- Simple orbit equations in a plane
- Andøya Space Education student rocket
- Andøya Space Education student rocket basics
- Encoder and transmitter
- Encoder frame
- Sending the data