The student shall acquire ability to understand and predict how spacecraft orbit evolves.
The student shall acquire familiarity with concepts and methods used within the field spaceflight dynamics. These requirements are shown by the student’s ability to account for this.

The student shall acquire capability of performing analytical and computer based calculation of orbits. The student shall acquire skills in writing report of analysis and calculations.

The student shall be able to value different orbits efficiency concerning time consumption and fuel consumption.   This is shown by comparative calculations.

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Kepler’s equations and Kepler’s problem. Classical orbital elements. Time and reference systems. Transformation between different reference systems.
Undisturbed elliptic, hyperbolic, and parabolic orbit.
Orbital maneuvers and transfers.
Orbit determination: Lambert’s problem.
Orbit perturbations: Flattening and irregularities of the Earth, third-body perturbation, atmospheric drag force, and solar-radiation pressure.

Lectures. Students solve certain exercises with computer aids.