| Unit name | Advanced Space Systems |
|---|---|
| Unit code | AENGM2400 |
| Credit points | 10 |
| Level of study | M/7 |
| Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
| Unit director | Professor. Aplin |
| Open unit status | Not open |
| Units you must take before you take this one (pre-requisite units) |
AENG22300 Space Systems |
| Units you must take alongside this one (co-requisite units) |
None |
| Units you may not take alongside this one | |
| School/department | Department of Aerospace Engineering |
| Faculty | Faculty of Engineering |
This unit equips students with a range of advanced space skills and understanding, including: calculate hyperbolic trajectories; describe the perturbations affecting orbits and trajectories; plan a planetary mission using orbit modelling tools; create a link budget for a ground station; design a spacesuit for a given environment; compile factors influencing the design of space stations; evaluate technical approaches for a single stage to orbit launch; appraise rocket propellant feed and cooling systems; evaluate spacecraft reentry body designs
Upon successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
Teaching will be delivered through a combination of synchronous and asynchronous sessions, which may include lectures, practical activities supported by drop-in sessions, problem sheets and self-directed exercises.
1 formative online test
100% presentation exercise
If this unit has a Resource List, you will normally find a link to it in the Blackboard area for the unit. Sometimes there will be a separate link for each weekly topic.
If you are unable to access a list through Blackboard, you can also find it via the Resource Lists homepage. Search for the list by the unit name or code (e.g. AENGM2400).
How much time the unit requires
Each credit equates to 10 hours of total student input. For example a 20 credit unit will take you 200 hours
of study to complete. Your total learning time is made up of contact time, directed learning tasks,
independent learning and assessment activity.
See the Faculty workload statement relating to this unit for more information.
Assessment
The Board of Examiners will consider all cases where students have failed or not completed the assessments required for credit.
The Board considers each student's outcomes across all the units which contribute to each year's programme of study. If you have self-certificated your absence from an
assessment, you will normally be required to complete it the next time it runs (this is usually in the next assessment period).
The Board of Examiners will take into account any extenuating circumstances and operates
within the Regulations and Code of Practice for Taught Programmes.
