Flight en Orbital Mechanics

1. Unsteady climb and descent (including minimum time to climb problem)

2. Turning performance

3. Airfield performance (take-off and landing)

4. Cruise flight and transport performance

5. Three dimensional equations of motion, coordinate systems, Euler angles, transformation matrices

6. Effect of a constant wind field on selected performance metrics

7. Equations of motion applied to various phases of space flight

8. Launch, Vertical flight, delta-V budget, burn out height, staging

9. Perturbations on satellite orbits

10. Spacecraft maneuvers and transfers

11. Eclipse

12. Interplanetary flight

Students do a digital exam in which they get a mix of open and multiple-choice questions. They are tested with respect to knowledge and insight, and have to make calculations and analytical derivations.