ENAE483

Principles of Space Systems Design

Prerequisite: ENAE404, ENAE324, ENAE362, and ENAE432. Restriction: Must be in Engineering: Aerospace program; or permission of ENGR-Aerospace Engineering department. Principles of space systems analysis and vehicle design. Launch vehicle performance analysis and optimization. Design of vehicle systems including avionics, power, propulsion, life support, human factors, structures, actuator and mechanisms, and thermal control. Design processes and design synthesis. Individual student projects in vehicle design.

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During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.43 between 852 students*

ENAE483 Grade Distribution+-051015202530354045505560% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 16.67%
A: 34.27%
A+: 7.04%
B-: 8.22%
B: 21.48%
B+: 5.99%
C-: 1.29%
C: 3.17%
C+: 0.47%
F: 0.23%
W: 1.06%
other: 0.12%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.