AE 403

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Spacecraft Attitude Control

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Credit: 3 OR 4 hours.

Theory and applications of spacecraft attitude dynamics and control; Euler angles, direction cosines, quaternions, and Gibbs-Rodrigues parameters; attitude sensors and control actuators; spin, three-axis active, reaction wheel, control moment gyro, and gravity gradient control systems; environmental effects.

3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: AE 352 and AE 353.

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CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
29973	Lecture-Discussion	A	11:00AM -12:15PM	TR	410B1 Engineering Hall	Tsukamoto, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26
76245	Online Lecture	ONC	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Tsukamoto, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Info: This is an online section for students who are on-campus. Please email aero-ugrad-advising@illinois.edu to request approval to register for this section. Students in this section will be expected to attend on-campus office hours and exams for this course.
62470	Online	ONL	ARRANGED	n.a.	n.a.	Tsukamoto, H	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 01/20/26-05/06/26 Section Info: Restricted to online non-degree, online MCS, online MSME, online MSCEE, and online MSAE 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.