Courses - Aerospace Engineering - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lambros Named ASME Fellow

Professor John Lambros makes the third AE faculty member this year to have achieved the status of Fellow within the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Sixty Years and Going Strong

Emeritus Prof. Harry H. Hilton reached a remarkable milestone in September 2009 — his 60th continuous year at the University of Illinois.

The university, college, and Department of Aerospace Engineering welcomed Colonel Lee J. Archambault, BS 82, MS 84 AE, a distinguished United States Air Force pilot and NASA astronaut, back to campus during the Foundation weekend Oct. 2-4.

AE undergrad wins National Student Role Model Award

AE undergraduate Joseph Gonzalez has been selected as the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers’ National Student Role Model of the Year

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AE 402 - Orbital Mechanics

Summer 2009 | Fall 2009 | Spring 2010 | Summer 2010 | Course List

CRN	Section	Type	Times	Days	Location	Instructor
No sections offered for Spring 2010 semester

Details
Official Description	Analysis of orbits in an inverse-square gravitational field; elementary rocket dynamics, impulsive orbit transfer and rendezvous, and Lambert's Theorem with applications; patched-conic trajectories, planetary gravity-assist maneuvers, and linearized orbit theory with application to simplified analytical models; perturbations. 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 302.
Hours	3 or 4 hours.
Title	Orbital Mechanics

Aerospace Engineering

Lambros Named ASME Fellow

Sixty Years and Going Strong

College Honors Archambault

AE undergrad wins National Student Role Model Award

AE 402 - Orbital Mechanics