AE 402

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Orbital Mechanics

Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

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 202.

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CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
29794	Lecture-Discussion	A	11:00AM -12:20PM	TR	218 Ceramics Building	Woollands, R	Availability: Open Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26
77924	Online Lecture	ONC	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Woollands, R	Availability: Closed Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: This section is for students who have time conflicts with the in-person section for this course. To register for this section, undergraduates should email aero-ugrad-advising@illinois.edu and graduates should email ae-grad@illinois.edu to request approval to. Students in this section will be expected to attend on-campus office hours and exams for this course.
63683	Online	ONL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Woollands, R	Availability: Open (Restricted) Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/24/26-12/09/26 Section Info: Restricted to online non-degree, online, MSAE, online MSME, online MSCEE and online MCS students. For more details on this course section, please see http://engineering.illinois.edu/online/courses/. Non-Degree students may enroll on a space-available basis with consent of the Graduate Program Coordinator (ae-grad@illinois.edu). Restriction(s): Restricted to NDEG:Engineering UG ONL - UIUC, MS: Civil Engr - Online - UIUC, MS:Industrial Engr Online-UIUC, MS:Mechanical Engineerng -UIUC, MS:Env Engr CivilEngr ONL-UIUC, NDEG:Engineering GR ONL - UIUC, MS: Aerospace Engr-Online-UIUC, MENG:Engr:Energy Sys Onl-UIUC, MENG:Mech Engineering Onl-UIUC, MENG:Elec & Comp Eng ONL -UIUC, MENG:Engr:AeroSys Online- UIUC, MENG:ENGR:Digital Ag ONL- UIUC, or MENG:Engr:ChemEngLead ONL-UIUC.