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AE 240/338 Assignment Problem Statement Weightage: 20%

This document outlines an assignment for a space mission course. Students are to: 1) Research the objectives, parameters, vehicles, and details of their assigned space mission. 2) Determine the orbital parameters of the spacecraft and how its orbit relates to the mission objectives. 3) Simulate the complete end-to-end mission trajectory and processes from launch to completion.

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AE 240/338 Assignment Problem Statement Weightage: 20%

This document outlines an assignment for a space mission course. Students are to: 1) Research the objectives, parameters, vehicles, and details of their assigned space mission. 2) Determine the orbital parameters of the spacecraft and how its orbit relates to the mission objectives. 3) Simulate the complete end-to-end mission trajectory and processes from launch to completion.

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AE 240/338 Assignment Problem Statement Weightage: 20%

Submission Deadline: Sunday 17th April 2016 Time: Midnight

Please refer to the problem allocation table uploaded on moodle which contains the space
mission allotted to you for this assignment. You are encouraged to search for relevant parameters
for the mission allocated to you and make reasonable assumptions wherever required. In case of
difficulties contact TAs or the course instructor only.

For your particular mission, do the following:


1. Gather information regarding the space mission objectives, orbital / trajectory parameters,
launch vehicle and launch site used for the mission and any other significant data of the
mission. Describe the overall mission and its status, including successes and failures for
completed / ongoing missions.
2. Next, determine the nature of the orbit / trajectory of the spacecraft, in terms of the
applicable orbital parameters (i.e. semi-major axis, eccentricity, time of perigee passage,
mean anomaly, right ascension of the ascending node, inclination, argument of the
perigee, departure velocity, arrival orbit / trajectory, capture/flyby, landing/reentry etc.).
Also, give orbital time period, apoapsis & periapsis.
3. Determine how the nature of the orbit/trajectory is connected with the objectives of the
mission. Also, obtain the initial conditions and / or orbital manoeuvres that would be
required at the time of injection / after injection, to achieve the above orbit / trajectory.
4. Next, design a nominal trajectory of the launch vehicle, based on the launch vehicle
configuration parameters, to achieve the required terminal conditions. (As this is not the
real trajectory, which is not known to you, you may suitably make use of lift-off, gravity
turn and upper atmosphere manoeuvres, to achieve the nominal terminal parameters.)
5. Find the key events in the trajectory taken by both launch vehicle (e.g. stage separation)
and the spacecraft from its injection by launch vehicle to the end of mission (orbit raising,
escape, capture etc.), including disposal if applicable and report them.
6. Determine all the necessary burn profiles for launch vehicle and manoeuvre components
for spacecraft, starting from the injection point conditions (assumed to be known from the
corresponding ascent mission with which the spacecraft is launched), their sequence and
the velocity impulses required at each stage in attaining the final mission orbit/trajectory,
as per the actual mission performed by the spacecraft.
7. Lastly, create a complete end-to-end simulation of the mission to give an account of how
the complete mission might have been executed. Submit all information, solutions, plots,
codes, simulation environment and any other relevant information.

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