Community College of Denver Metropolitan State College of Denver

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Community College of DenverMetropolitan State
College of Denver
JumpStart intoAerospace
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Introduction
Jeff Forrest, Ph.D., Chair - Aviation Aerospace
Science Department forrestj_at_mscd.edu
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Overview

• Intro to the Advanced Aviation Aerospace Flight
  Training Lab (AAAFT)
• Intro to CCD-MSCD degree programs using Satellite
  Toolkit (STK) AAAFT Lab
• Intro to STK Applications
• Scenarios
• Orbital Mechanics
• Brief tour of the Aviation Aerospace Science
  Dept.

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AAAFT Lab

• Advanced Aviation Aerospace Flight Training Lab
• Students fly
• Space vehicles
• Aircraft w/ space-based data
• Students plan missions
• Commercialized operations
• Exploration
• Innovation
• WIRED
• AAFT classroom technology infrastructure
• 110 students used the AAFT lab in 08

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CCD MSCDDegree Certificate Programs

• Created from resources
• WIRED
• NASA United Negro College (ACES)
• AGI-STK
• MSCD / CCD
• B.S. Aerospace Systems Engineering Technology
• 1st term fall 08 10 students
• B.S. Space Physics
• 1st term spring 09 3 students
• B.S. Aerospace Operations Management
• 1st term spring 04 70 students
• Certificate in Space Commercialization
• 1st term fall 08 (unknown students)

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CCD MSCD
Improve access by minorities to collegiate
programs preparing careers in aerospace.
22 Degree Programs
Graduate Schools
Industry
Engineering Physics Aerospace Sciences
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STK Applications

• Lab Aerospace applications
• MSCD awarded 22 seats of Satellite Toolkit (STK)
  by Analytical Graphics, Inc. (1.5m)
• Astrodynamics space flight mission analysis
• Project management

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STK Applications

• Mission planning projects related to the
  design, development, and use of spacecraft
  aircraft
• STEM science management math, engineering,
  physics, science, commercialized project
  management!

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Orbital Design (a)

• Orbital mechanics is a tool, a highly complex and
  iterative process, used for determining orbit
  design Orbit design is a function of mission
  requirements . The following slide contains just
  a small sample of concerns related to mission
  requirements

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Orbital Design (b)

• Mission Requirement
• Coverage required
• Ground track, viewing angles, duration, etc.
• Survivability
• Radiation, hostile action
• Political constraints
• Treaties, safety, international allocations
• Orbit Lifetime
• SV service time

• Parameter Affected
• Coverage Factors
• Altitude, inclination Node
• Survivability Factors
• Altitude, inclination
• Political Factors
• Altitude, inclination, longitude in GEO
• Orbit Lifetime Factors
• Altitude, eccentricity

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STK demo

• (Reference your CPU screen)

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Questions?
Contact Dr. Jeff Forrest forrestj_at_mscd.edu 303.556
.4380
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Thank You!

• Brief tour of the Aviation Aerospace Science
  Department