16.83X | Spring 2002 | Undergraduate

Space Systems Engineering

Calendar

The calendar below includes the lecture (LE) and lab (LA) sessions for the first semester (16.83). The lectures provide background on the project, its technical knowledge requirements, and introduces students to aspects of system design which may be unfamiliar. Major presentations are identified in the Key Dates column, and sometimes include external audience members.

Subsequent semesters (16.831, 16.832) favor lab activities heavily.  Lectures are given on demand, when a knowledge gap is identified.  Milestones for each semester include major presentations and important report documents. 

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
LE1 Class introduction, Requirements

LE2 Requirements (cont.), Electromagnetic(“EM”) design

LA1 Team activities

LE3 System management Team plans presentations
LE4 Mission design, Teamwork

LA2 Team activities

LE5 Formation flight control Team presentations
LA3 Team activities

LE6 Trade analyses Team presentations
LE7 Presentation planning Individual program report presentations
LA4 Trade analysis and requirements review (“TARR”) preparation

LE8 Sub-system planning, Real-time software

LA5 TARR preparation Team progress report presentations
LA6 TARR preparation

LA7 TARR preparation

LA8 TARR preparation

LA9 TARR dry run

LE9

TARR presentation
LE10 Lab introduction Requirements document due
LE11
LA10
Reliability and operations
Sub-system design

LE12 Design document

LA11 Sub-system prototyping

LA12 Sub-system design

LE13

Sub-system report presentations
LA13 Sub-system prototyping

LE14 Manufacture and test

LA14 Sub-system prototyping

LE15 Presentation planning

LA15 Sub-system design

LA16 Sub-system prototyping

LE16

Sub-system report presentations
LA17 Preliminary design review (“PDR”) preparation

LA18 Sub-system prototyping

LE17

PDR presentations
LA19 PDR action items

LA20 Design document preparation

LA21 Design document preparation

LA22 Team social Design document due

Course Info

As Taught In
Spring 2002