AES 3630 - Spacecraft Mission Operations II

Credits: 3

Prerequisite(s): AES 2630

Description: The student gains a deeper understanding of the daily mission planning process, the issues involved with Mission Operations management, and the creation and upkeep of operations documentation and procedures for both routine and contingency system situations. The student also learns about the issues involved in managing the daily interaction of Operations with ground and space support teams (both routine and contingency) for the planning and scheduling of space and ground station assets. The laboratory builds on the student’s experience in AES 2630 with increased complexity spacecraft real-time command and control real-time exercises including nominal mission execution and response to spacecraft anomalies. Long term trending of spacecraft health and performance data analysis are also explored.