This is the course website for EEE5024W Introduction to Space Technology, offered by the Department of Electrical \& Electronic Engineering at the University of Cape Town.
Course coordinator: Dr Peter Martinez (SA Astronomical Observatory)
UCT faculty contact: Prof Mike Inggs (Dept of Electrical Engineering)
This website is for general course information only. Students and instructors on this course have access to all the course schedules, lectures and other teaching materials on the UCT Vula website vula.uct.ac.za
For further information, or to register your intent to take this course, please contact Ms Margaret Kumalo by email or telephonically at 021 460 9357.
Lectures take place at the Molecular Biology Seminar Room B on UCT Upper Campus every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, starting at 4PM. The venue is in block C11 on the campus map that you may view here.
The course comprises core lectures in a wide range of topics relating to space activities, several workshops and a Team Project.
The lectures will run from 26 February to 16 May 2013, from 16:00 - 17:30. The Team Project activity will be concluded during the June university vacation and will involve participation in a launch activity at the Denel OTB Test Range, near Arniston. A provisional course schedule will be posted shortly before the start of the course. Please check regularly for updates!
Rocket launch video (2008 class).
Prerequisites: BSc (Hons) or completed 3rd year Engineering (EE, ECE or ME).
UCT Engineering Faculty Handbook 2013.
This course is offered in cooperation between the South African Astronomical Observatory, a facility of the National Research Foundation, and the Department of Electrical Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment at the University of Cape Town. The course is a proud partner of the AGI Educational Alliance Program.
• Introduction to space science and technology
• Introduction to the space environment
• Orbits and basic astrodynamics
• Space system design
• Satellite communications
• Remote sensing of the Earth
• Satellite navigation systems
• Space policy
• Space law
• Intro to system engineering
• Space and society
• Global Navigation Satellite Systems
• Satellite Design
• Introduction to Telemetry, tracking and command
• Introduction to space geodesy
• Searching for life on other worlds
• Engineering aspects of Earth observation systems
• Satellite design
• Space launch systems
• Workshops on Orbits and Astrodynamics
Remote Sensing and Space Astronomy
• Team Project