Lectures related to Orbital Plane Change

Kepler's Laws and Orbital Mechanics

Explores Kepler's laws, orbital mechanics, energy of motion, flight path angles, orbital maneuvers, Hohmann transfers, geostationary orbits, and Lagrange points.

Crew-7 Return and Space Mission Design Overview

Discusses Crew-7's return from the ISS and key principles of space mission design.

Space Mission Design: Starship Test and Rendezvous Techniques

Discusses SpaceX's Starship test flight and the principles of rendezvous in space missions.

Orbital Parameters and Calendars

Explains classical orbital parameters, spacecraft's state vector, and Gregorian vs. Julian days.

Space Mission Design and Operations

Covers space mission design, spacecraft energy, orbits, and maneuvers, including gravity effects, tethers, and interplanetary trajectories.

Interplanetary Trajectories: Orbital Characteristics

Covers interplanetary trajectories, sphere of influence, and orbital characteristics of planets.

Hohmann Transfer: Small AV

Discusses the Hohmann transfer for small AV and orbital parameters at different altitudes.

Stellar Orbits in Axisymmetric Potentials

Explores the dynamics of stellar orbits in axisymmetric potentials, focusing on nearly circular orbits and different types of motion.

Orbital Motion: Circular and Elliptical

Covers circular and elliptical orbits, orbital period, velocity, energy, and angular momentum.

Kepler Laws: Introduction to Astrophysics

Covers the Kepler Laws, orbital motion, reduced mass, and orbital periods.

Space Cooperation with Russia: Exomars and Soyuz

Explores the impact of war on space cooperation with Russia, focusing on Exomars and Soyuz launches.

Elliptical Orbits: Examples and Formulas

Covers examples and formulas related to elliptical orbits and how to determine parameters of an elliptical orbit using known points.

Galaxy Disk Models: Orbits and Potentials

Explores galaxy disk models, orbits, potentials, and circular velocity in disk galaxies.

Private Space Missions to ISS

Covers private space missions to the ISS, including future plans, nodal regression, Sun-synchronous orbits, and rendezvous strategies.

True Anomaly in Elliptical Orbits

Explores true anomaly in elliptical orbits and the transformation between Cartesian and polar coordinates.

Maneuvers and Burns

Explains the impact of altitude on orbital parameters and the types of burns used in space missions.

Gravitational Forces: Orbital Mechanics

Explores gravitational forces, orbital mechanics, energy aspects, and satellite orbits.

Nodal Regression and Sun-synchronous Orbits

Explores nodal regression, forces in LEO, and Sun-synchronous orbits.

Catch up rate between orbits

Explains catch up rates between circular and elliptical orbits, including key calculation differences.

Planetary Motion: Torque and Angular Impulse

Explores angular momentum, torque, conservation of momentum, and planetary motion based on Newton's laws and Kepler's laws.