Name: Anonymous 2009-04-22 0:08
sup /sci/,
So I'm taking this really awesome orbital mechanics course and was wondering how my course compares to regular aerospace classes (this isn't a college course). So this is what I learned so far:
Deriving all 6 classical orbital elements using R and V vectors
Converting between different kinds of coordinate systems
Calculating Launch windows
Calculating Rendezvous
And a bunch of other stuff too but I think those 4 are the most important. So basically I'm asking you aerospace engineers what you learned and in which courses?
So I'm taking this really awesome orbital mechanics course and was wondering how my course compares to regular aerospace classes (this isn't a college course). So this is what I learned so far:
Deriving all 6 classical orbital elements using R and V vectors
Converting between different kinds of coordinate systems
Calculating Launch windows
Calculating Rendezvous
And a bunch of other stuff too but I think those 4 are the most important. So basically I'm asking you aerospace engineers what you learned and in which courses?