This repository holds the latest version of the notes for the technical part of the UC3Mx MOOC "The Conquest of Space: space exploration and rocket science"
Each chapter in the notes corresponds to one week of the course:
- Astrodynamics: the two body problem
- Rocket motion
- Space Environment
- Space Systems I
- Space Systems II
- Global Navigation Satellite Systems
- Fundamentals of electric propulsion
If you detect any typos, or have comments for the improvement of these notes, please read the information in the preface for submitting them to the authors.
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(c) Copyright Mario Merino, 2017
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Last updated: 20170403