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Courses - Fall 2023
ENAE
Engineering, Aerospace Department Site
ENAE441
Space Navigation and Guidance
Credits: 3
Grad Meth: Reg, P-F, Aud
Prerequisite: ENAE404 and ENAE432.
Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Aerospace program; or permission of ENGR-Aerospace Engineering department.
Principles of navigation. Celestial, radio, and inertial navigation schemes. Navigational and guidance requirements for orbital, planetary, and atmospheric entry missions. Fundamentals of communications and information theory. Link budgets, antennas and telemetry systems.