Post Graduate Diploma in Satellite Engineering (PGD)
Distance Learning Program
Semester: Two (6 Month Each)
Duration: 1 Year
Semester One:
1. Launch Systems
2. Orbital Mechanics
3. Spacecraft Power Systems
4. Propulsion
5. The Environment of Space
6. Optics 1: Introduction to Optics
7. Optics 2: Introduction to Optics (cont.)
8. Optics 3: Adaptive Reconnaissance Golay-3 Optical Satellite (ARGOS)
9. Attitude Determination and Control (ADCS)
10. Formation Flight 1: Electromagnetic Formation Flight
11. Formation Flight 2: Optimization of Separated Spacecraft Interferometer Trajectories in the Absence of a Gravity-Well
12. Formation Flight 3: Minimum Energy Trajectories for Techsat 21 Earth Orbiting Clusters
13. Formation Flight 4: Trajectory Design for a Visible Geosynchronous Earth Imager
Semester Two
1. Structures in Space Systems
2. Space Systems Cost Modeling
3. Satellite Systems Software
4. Software Engineering for Satellites
5. Spacecraft Autonomy
6. Spacecraft Computer Systems
7. Satellite Telemetry, Tracking and Control Subsystems
8. Satellite Communication
9. Reentry
10. Spacecraft Thermal Control Systems
11. Ground System Design