Course Overview/Orbital Mechanics - Dave Akin's Web Site

More documents

Recommendations

Info

Equivalent Airline Costs? • Average economy ticket NY-Sydney round-roundtrip (Travelocity 9/3/09) ~$1300 • Average passenger (+ luggage) ~100 kg • Two round trips = $26/kg – Factor of 60x more than electrical energy costs – Factor of 420x less than current launch costs • But… you get to refuel at each stop! U N I V E R S I T Y O F MARYLAND Tuesday, January 31, 2012 6 Course Overview; Orbital Mechanics ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design
Equivalence to Air Transport U N I V E R S I T Y O F MARYLAND Tuesday, January 31, 2012 7 • 81,000 km ~ twice around the world • Voyager - one of two aircra to ever circle the world non-stop, non-refueled - once! Course Overview; Orbital Mechanics ENAE 791 - Launch and Entry Vehicle Design
Page 1 and 2: Course Overview/Orbital Mechanics
Page 3 and 4: Theoretical Cost to Orbit • Conve
Page 5: What About Airplanes? • For an ai
Page 9 and 10: The Vision “Once you make it to l
Page 11 and 12: Contact Information Dr. Dave Akin S
Page 13 and 14: Syllabus Overview (1) • Fundament
Page 15 and 16: Syllabus Overview (3) • Systems A
Page 17 and 18: A Word on Homework Submissions...
Page 19 and 20: Term Project - Solar Power Satellit
Page 21 and 22: SPS Operational Scenario (NASA - 19
Page 23: Orbital Mechanics: 500 years in 40
Page 27 and 28: Fun and Games with Algebra U N I V
Page 30 and 31: Position in Orbit θ = true anomaly
Page 33 and 34: Energy in Orbit • Kinetic Energy
Page 35 and 36: How Close are we to Space Tourism?
Page 37 and 38: Some Useful Constants • Gravitati

Course Overview/Orbital Mechanics - Dave Akin's Web Site

You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles

Delete template?

Save as template?