Unit #3
3.1 Rocket Propulsion (5 Hours)
3.2 Attitude Control And Stability (4 Hours)
, UNIT 3.1
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion (5 Hours)
3.1.1 Basic principles of spacecraft and rocket propulsion,
3.1.2 The rocket equation, thrust and specific impulse,
3.1.3 Principles of nozzle design, staging principles for rockets
3.1.4 Launch windows and launch facility considerations and
propulsion concepts for orbital operations,
3.1.5 A comparative perspective of different technologies for
space propulsion
, Class # 18
21 October 2022
3.1.1 (Background) + Basic principles
of spacecraft and rocket
propulsion
, History of modern rocketry
Modern Rocket pioneers
• Tsiolskovsky .. 1903 Rocket equation/ 1924..
Description of multi stage rockets
• Robert Goddard -1919.. On method of reaching
extreme altitudes, paper on unmanned rocket to
moon, gyroscope use, jet vanes, 214 patents, first
liq. fuelled rocket (1926)
• Herman Oberth 1923 thesis.. On Use of rockets
for space travel
• Werner Von Braun V2 rocket, ..Apollo program
• Korolev.. Rocket designer/ Golden age of Soviet
Rocketry (Glushko’s RD series engines)
3.1 Rocket Propulsion (5 Hours)
3.2 Attitude Control And Stability (4 Hours)
, UNIT 3.1
Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion (5 Hours)
3.1.1 Basic principles of spacecraft and rocket propulsion,
3.1.2 The rocket equation, thrust and specific impulse,
3.1.3 Principles of nozzle design, staging principles for rockets
3.1.4 Launch windows and launch facility considerations and
propulsion concepts for orbital operations,
3.1.5 A comparative perspective of different technologies for
space propulsion
, Class # 18
21 October 2022
3.1.1 (Background) + Basic principles
of spacecraft and rocket
propulsion
, History of modern rocketry
Modern Rocket pioneers
• Tsiolskovsky .. 1903 Rocket equation/ 1924..
Description of multi stage rockets
• Robert Goddard -1919.. On method of reaching
extreme altitudes, paper on unmanned rocket to
moon, gyroscope use, jet vanes, 214 patents, first
liq. fuelled rocket (1926)
• Herman Oberth 1923 thesis.. On Use of rockets
for space travel
• Werner Von Braun V2 rocket, ..Apollo program
• Korolev.. Rocket designer/ Golden age of Soviet
Rocketry (Glushko’s RD series engines)
