Learner Reviews & Feedback for Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion by University of Colorado Boulder
About the Course
motion is critical to the safety and efficacy of spacecraft mission development. Kinetics: Modeling the Motions of Spacecraft trains your skills in
topics like rigid body angular momentum and kinetic energy expression shown in a coordinate frame agnostic manner, single and dual rigid
body systems tumbling without the forces of external torque, how differential gravity across a rigid body is approximated to the first order to
study disturbances in both the attitude and orbital motion, and how these systems change when general momentum exchan...
Top reviews
PB
Mar 11, 2025
Great course for new learners and professional alike. Highly recommended if you are interested in spacecraft dynamics in more detail or just keen to review some good materials and math.
NB
Feb 25, 2019
excellent course content with knowledgeable professor. Challenging to learn and focused on both analytical theory and practical example.
26 - 31 of 31 Reviews for Kinetics: Studying Spacecraft Motion
By Bruno G
•May 29, 2020
Is a great course. I learned a lot. The instructor is very didactic and very good professor.
The course is not that easy to follow if you don't have a good background in physics and mathematics. It would be good to have some optional references to achieve this basic knowledge.
I recommend this course a lot.
By Justin Y
•Nov 22, 2019
Another solid course. My biggest issue with this round in the specialization is the lack of simulation assignments. There was a good deal of derivation/analytical work, but very little numerical implementation of results such as in the Kinematics course in this series.
By Samy E H
•Jul 28, 2020
Extremely interesting class. Yet, compared to the previous, a bit more "numerical" exercices, with simulation and programs to do, in order to test the solutions and know we have programmed the right things, would make it earn this fifth star! Thanks Prof Schaub!
By Rodrigo N S
•Aug 17, 2020
Great teacher, great course. I recommend studying with the book since it's not an easy topic.
The first course was a bit better since there were more programming exercises to train.
By Ashwini P
•May 7, 2021
Great course !!
By Troy W
•Feb 17, 2018
Works for me.