Comp Aided Space Msn Analysis

Host University

Virginia Tech

Semester

Fall 2026

Course Number

AOE-4414

CRN

80511

Credits

3

Discipline

Aerospace and Ocean Engineering

Course Information

Advanced space mission design, requirements development, and analysis. Analyses of current and future space systems and missions, space platform and payload concepts. Orbital mechanics; coverage; space-to-ground and space-to-space communications; remote sensing; disaggregation; infrastructure; terrain modeling; space vehicle and payload performance constraints, dynamics, and degradation; homogeneous and heterogeneous constellations; launch; the space environment; space mission environmental and economic impact; and mission modeling and simulation for Earth orbit, interplanetary, and CisLunar regimes.

Prerequisites

( AOE 2074 (MIN grade of P) or ESM 2074 (MIN grade of P) or ECE 2504 ) (MIN grade of P) , ( AOE 2664 (MIN grade of P) or ECE 2164 (MIN grade of P) or AOE 3154 ) (MIN grade of P) Prerequisites Enforced: Yes