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Spacecraft System Design
ASTE 520
Department of Astronautical Engineering (ASTE)
Viterbi School of Engineering (VSOE)
University of Southern California (USC)
Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering (MS ASTE)
MS ASTE - Frequently asked questions
USC Master of Science in Astronautical Engineering: Overview (53 min)
Mike's ASTE 470 Spacecraft Propulsion
who should take course ASTE 520 Spacecraft
Design
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ASTE 520 in Fall 2018 semester:
all course materials will be posted
on the class web site at
DEN
in mid August.
One can get more information about the course
from the Fall 2017 first (introductory) lecture:
ASTE 520 – first lecture.
In 2017–2018 academic year, ASTE520 Spacecraft Design
is offered in the fall 2017 semester
(Thursday, 6:40–9:20 pm);
the course is not offered
in the spring 2018 semester.
See astronautics
course schedule
Class enrollement is unlimited.
Note that shedules do change.
Always check the course schedule with ASTE Student
Advisor.
Course
webcasts.
All lectures are available as webcasts through VSOE's
Distance Education Network DEN
to all (on-campus and remote)
students enrolled in the course during the entire semester.
PC or Mac. DEN streams course videos using Microsoft Windows media encoders and servers. While streaming windows media files are supported by both the latest Mac and PC operating systems, using a Windows based system will usually provide a better experience. Additionally, DEN has recently added video download capabilities using Microsoft’s Digital Rights Management supporting Windows operating systems.
ASTE-520 is a popular graduate course.
About 1450 students took the course during the last 15 years from
2002-2016;
about 1700 students took the course
during the last 20 years since 1997.
Instructor:
Mike Gruntman
Mike Gruntman's web site on Astronautics and Spacecraft Design
For fun
Sputnik 1 Explorer 1 Vanguard 1
Lecture: 1 hr 10 min
The
Road to Space. The First Thousand Years.
Fifty years ago in October of
1957, the first artificial satellite of the Earth was launched into
space.
The lecture focuses on the history of the
events that led us to the space age.
Recommended science and engineering books on astronautics, rocketry, and space technology |
Recommended books on history of astronautics, rocketry, and space |
Space: From Firecrackers to Interstellar
Flight
Part 1. The First Thousand Years(webcast 87 min)
Part 2. Space in 21st
Century (webcast 84 min)
Socks for the First Cosmonaut of Planet
Earth
Video clips on satellite
orbits and space
About Course ASTE 520
ASTE 520 Spacecraft System Design -- Course Outline
see also a recent first organizational lecture of the course for details)
Recommended science and engineering books on astronautics, rocketry, and space technology |
Recommended books on history of astronautics, rocketry, and space |
Only for students enrolled in Mike's ASTE 520
Class Notes (800+ pages) are essential and mandatory for the course.
The notes are available for download at DEN's web site of
ASTE520 in the beginning of the semester.
Alsways start with reading the "readme.pdf" file for the instructions.
The full set of homework assignments will also be available in the beginning of the semester (at the latest, by the end of the first month of the semester).
To access the class web site at DEN, all students enrolled in the class (including all on-campus students) must register with DEN.
Note that the course notes are protected with a password that can be obtained only from the instructor (see Section 00, Part 2).
ASTE-520: Recommended textbooks
textbooks = recommended; course notes = required
Space Mission Engineering: The New SMAD
eds. J. R. Wertz, D.F. Everett, and
J.J. Puschell
Microcosm, 2011
ISBN
9781881883159
Space Mission Analysis and Design
,
ed. W.J. Larson and J.R. Wertz
Kluwer Academic Publishers and Microcosm, 3rd Edition
ISBN 9781881883104
.
Many other textbooks and
monographs -- recommended by the instructor -- on
various aspects of astronautics, space technology, and space systems are listed at
http://astronauticsnow.com/AstroBooks/index.html
There are 30–36 homework assignments.
Late homework (up to 2 weeks) is graded with grades reduced by a 50%
factor.
Grading policy for ASTE 520 (subject to change)
Midterm exam = 40%
Final exam = 40%
Homework = 20%
Awarded (annual) Master's degrees in Astronautical Engineering