Sissejuhatus kosmonautikasse (Introduction to Astronautics), YFT0060

Lectures

All lectures are in PowerPoint Show format. Some files are quite large due to illustrative material. Files of video are in separate .zip archives. You should unzip them to the same directory with the .pps files so that they are linked correctly (the presentations without video also work).

Notices:

1. The texts have not been proofread by a native English speaker. I'm sorry for all mistakes and will be glad for any suggestions and improvements. I also cannot exclude the presence of some essential errors.
2. I'm very sorry for not having included links to sources of several image files. This ocurred due to the lack of time and I'm going to improve the situation if future. However, if you find your copyright is infringed, please inform me and I'll immediately delete the problematic files. My e-mail is vlad.pustynski [at] gmail.com

Lecture files

1. Lecture 1, 2.6 Mb: Role of Astronautics in the modern life. Ways to space.
2. Lecture 2, 4.8 Mb: History of Astronautics.
3. Lecture 3, 0.6 Mb: Basics of Orbital Mechanics.
4. Lecture 4, 1.9 Mb: Orbital elements. Specific orbits. Role of launch site. Ground tracks.
5. Lecture 5, 0.5 Mb: Orbital perturbations.
6. Lecture 6, 0.9 Mb: Orbital maneuvers.
7. Lecture 7, 0.8 Mb: Flights to the Moon and the planets.
8. Lecture 8, 0.9 Mb: Basics of the rocket propulsion.
9. Lecture 9, 1.9 Mb: Liquid-propellant engines.
10. Lecture 10, 0.9 Mb: Solid propellant motors & hybrid motors.
11. Lecture 11, 0.8 Mb: Non-chemical propulsion.
12. Lecture 12, 1.2 Mb: Navigation, guidance & steering of rockets.
13. Lecture 13, 0.8 Mb: Principle systems of rockets.
14. Lecture 14, 1.1 Mb: Systems of satellites & spacecraft.
15. Lecture 15, 0.8 Mb: Launch.
16. Lecture 16, 0.8 Mb: Descent & landing.

Video files

(.zip archives. Unzip and put in the same directory with the corresponding .pps files)
1. Lecture 1, 5.4 Mb
2. Lecture 2, 5.6 Mb
3. Lecture 6, 1.6 Mb