16.851 Mentoring Opportunities

Aeronautics and Astronautics 16.851 Satellite Engineering: Fundamentals of satellite engineering design, including distributed satellite. Studies orbital environment. Analyzes problems of station keeping, attitude control, communications, power generation, structural design, thermal balance, and subsystem integration. Considers trade-offs among weight, efficiency, cost, and reliability. Discusses choice of design parameters, such as size, weight, power levels, temperature limits, frequency, and bandwidth. Examples taken from current satellite systems.

Mentors

2010/2011 - Course 16.851 MicroMAS
  • Greg Allen
  • Bill Blackwell
  • Idahosa Osaretin
 

 

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