the space in aerospace and ocean engineering courses hokiesat labs vomit comet new projects chris...
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HokieSat Project began as Senior Project Launch in 2004? 18 kg, 18” diameter, 12” high Solar cells, NiCd batteries Magnetic torque coils for pointing control Micro-pulsed plasma thrusters use teflon propellant for propulsion GPS receiver provides navigation for orbit determination Designed and built by students in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Project began as Senior Project Launch in 2004? 18 kg, 18” diameter, 12” high Solar cells, NiCd batteries Magnetic torque coils for pointing control Micro-pulsed plasma thrusters use teflon propellant for propulsion GPS receiver provides navigation for orbit determination Designed and built by students in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical EngineeringTRANSCRIPT
The Space in Aerospaceand Ocean Engineering
• Courses• HokieSat• Labs• Vomit Comet• New Projects
Chris Hall, Randolph 224D [email protected]/~cdhall
Courses• AOE 4134 Astromechanics
(Fall, Junior/Senior Year)– Required for all AE students– Orbital dynamics of satellites and
interplanetary probes• AOE 4140 Attitude Dynamics
(Spring, Junior/Senior Year)– Elective– Pointing dynamics and control of spacecraft
• AOE 4065/6 Design (Fall/Spring, Senior Yr)– Required Course with Aircraft, Spacecraft, or Ship
options– Current projects:
• Mission to Deliver Hydrogen to Mars• Submillimeter Probe of Early Cosmic Structure• Solar Imaging Radio Astronomy• Hubble Space Telescope Retrofit
HokieSat• Project began as Senior Project• Launch in 2004?• 18 kg, 18” diameter, 12” high• Solar cells, NiCd batteries• Magnetic torque coils for
pointing control• Micro-pulsed plasma thrusters use teflon propellant for
propulsion• GPS receiver provides navigation for orbit determination
• Designed and built by students in Aerospace, Computer, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering
Satellite Tracking Laboratory Operational ground station in 311A Randolph Hall Allows tracking and communications with amateur satellites, Space Shuttle, and eventually HokieSat
Space Systems Simulation Laboratory• In Hancock 214
• Two rotational spacecraft simulators to conduct experiments on coordinated pointing and formation flying
• Designed and built by AE undergrads and grads
• Three-dimensional rotation
• Computers, sensors and actuators, RF communications
Vomit Comet• Four AE juniors
designed, built, and flew an experiment on a KC-135 aircraft
• Tested effects of reduced gravity on human’s ability to point a rotating object
• Always looking for 4 more brave souls to carry on the project
Sounding Rocket• New project began
last year• Design, build, and
fly a payload on a sounding rocket
• Payload will conduct two atmospheric science experiments and be recovered at sea off the coast of Virginia (Wallops Island)
Other Space Cadets in the AOE Faculty
• Dr. Hanspeter Schaub is an orbit and attitude dynamics and control specialist and joined the faculty after working with Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Dr. Joseph Wang is an electric propulsion expert who joined the faculty after working with the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California