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Events for September 08, 2009
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Spacecraft Rendezvous, Frozen Orbits, and Applications
Tue, Sep 08, 2009 @ 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM
Astronautical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Refreshments will be served at 3:00 after the seminar.Topic 1: Spacecraft RendezvousTerminal rendezvous consists of nulling the position and velocity offset
vectors of the chase vehicle relative to the target vehicle. An example is the
rendezvous of the Discovery Space Shuttle with the International Space
Station on Sunday afternoon, 9/30/09.Topic 2: Frozen Orbits and Sun Synchronous Orbits and Mission
Applications Past/Present/FutureFrozen orbits fix a set of orbit parameters to meet mission requirements
such as repeated overflight of points on the earth at the same altitude. Sun
synchronous orbits fix the spacecraft's orientation with respect to the sun.
Mission applications include the SEASAT spacecraft which introduced the
frozen orbit and the current A-Train in Low (705-km altitude) Earth Orbit.Speaker: Gerald R. Hintz, Adjunct Professor
Division of Astronautical Engineering
Location: Ronald Tutor Hall of Engineering (RTH) - 109
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Dan Erwin
This event is open to all eligible individuals. USC Viterbi operates all of its activities consistent with the University's Notice of Non-Discrimination. Eligibility is not determined based on race, sex, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or any other prohibited factor.
