Summer AY20 6 Jul 20 – 25 Sep 20

Distance Learning

Space System Design Certificate

OverviewThe Space System Design Certificate is available for all eligible employees, up to 20 students, for FY20. This four-course sequence is intended to prepare employees, who may have limited or no space experience, for the level of performance that is required to incorporate new technologies into space systems, derive and articulate design requirements, and firmly understand the mission design lifecycle. The program will begin in September 2019, using distance learning courses offered through the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in Monterey, California. All books and course materials will be provided.

Prerequisites • Baccalaureate degree• College-level Algebra 2, including Trigonometry• College-level Physics• Experience in Excel• Calculus (highly recommended, but not required)

Course DeliveryThe courses will be presented asynchronously using an online application called Sakai. Students will access recorded lectures and assignments online. No classrooms are required. Periodically, the instructors will schedule VTCs using a tool called “Collaborate”. Participation in the Collaborate sessions is encouraged, but these sessions will also be recorded for those who cannot make the session real time. Access to unclassified networks (work and/or home) and JWICS is required. Please note that AE4831 is a group design project and will not be taught in a traditional lecture format.

ExpectationsStudents are expected to spend approximately 10 hours each week between lectures and assignments. If you expect to be on travel without access to an unclassified network, the

Term Dates

Fall AY20 30 Sep 19 – 20 Dec 19

Winter AY20 6 Jan 20 – 27 Mar 20

Spring AY20 30 Mar 20 – 12 Jun 20

SS3051 Military Applications of DoD and Commercial Space Systems CLASSIFIED SECRET – U.S. Citizens Only

Course

SS3011 Space Technology and Applications UNCLASSIFIED

AE4830 Spacecraft Systems IUNCLASSIFIED

AE4831 Spacecraft Systems IIUNCLASSIFIED

instructor may be able to accommodate your schedule with one week advanced notice. Note that a “B” average must be maintained to earn the certificate.

Application Process• 6 July 2019: deadline for interested personnel to submit

an application through NRO-U and NPS for certificate #253 • NPS Admissions website is https://my.nps.edu/web/

admissions/apply1 • NOTE: NPS Admissions Office requires copies of official

transcripts for certificate applicants. Classes can still be taken without applying to NPS, but students must apply before finishing the 2nd course to receive the certificate.

• 9 Sep 2019: Selected students will be notified• 16 Sep 2019: All students are added to the first course site

on Sakai

Distance Learning

Space System Design Certificate

AS&T:Mr. Dimitrios Skiadopoulos skiadopo@nro.mil 703-808-3532

ContactNPS (Academic): Mr. Steve Tackett shtacket@nps.edu 831-656-2944

NPS (Administrative): Mr. Dan Bursch, Aerospace Corporation dwbursch@nps.edu 831-656-2764

Course DescriptionsSS3011 Space Technology and Applications (3-0)SS3011 is an introduction to space mission analysis with an emphasis on those space missions supporting military operations. Topics include space history, doctrine and organizations, orbital mechanics, communication link analysis, the space environment, spacecraft technology and design, and military, civil and commercial space systems.Prerequisites: None.

SS3051 Military Applications of DoD and Commercial Space Systems (4-0)This course covers joint space doctrine and military applications of DoD and commercial space systems. Topics include the space mission areas of space situational awareness, space force enhancement, space control and space support. The space force enhancement section of the course includes intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, missile tracking, launch detection, environmental monitoring, satellite communication, positioning, navigation and timing, and navigation warfare. Additional topics include space law, policy and strategy, incorporating space based capabilities in military operations, threats to U.S. space systems, foreign space capabilities, and space support to friendly force tracking, combat search and rescue and maritime domain awareness. Prerequisites: SS3011. Classification: SECRET clearance.

AE4830 Spacecraft Systems I (4-1)This course emphasizes the systems analysis of spacecraft and covers the analysis of GNC (orbit and attitude control), structures, propulsion, thermal and electrical power subsystems. Basic mathematical equations will be used in the preliminary design of the subsystems and the tradeoff studies involved. Systems aspect of a typical mission profile will be illustrated. Throughout, emphasis will be on the spacecraft bus. Students will be engaged in problem solving during most of the laboratory period. Prerequisites: SS3011 and previous exposure and/or experience to space systems.

AE4831 Spacecraft Systems II (3-2)In this course, students will be involved in a group project to design a spacecraft to meet mission requirements. Material presented in AE4830 as well as AE4831 will be utilized. In parallel, this course covers some or all of the following aspects of spacecraft systems: spacecraft testing, TT&C subsystem, and design of observation payloads. Differences and similarities between geosynchronous spacecraft and LEO/HEO spacecraft will be discussed. Topics include gravitational perturbation (J2 effects), gravity-gradient stabilization, and atmospheric drag effects. Prerequisites: AE4830.