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Subject offerings of new and developing areas of knowledge in aerospace engineering intended to augment the existing curriculum. See Class Schedule or department course information for topics and prerequisite. Course Information: 1 to 4 undergraduate hours. 1 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated in the same or separate terms if topics vary to a maximum of 9 undergraduate hours or 12 graduate hours.

This course introduces spacecraft assembly and integration activities, including modeling, simulation, and test. As part of this introduction, students will gain hands-on experience designing and developing the Laboratory for Advanced Space Systems at Illinois? (LASSI) hardware in the loop Integrated Test System (ITS). The ITS will be used for verification and validation of future spacecraft developed at LASSI. Knowledge of orbital mechanics, control systems, electronics, and/or software is helpful, but not required.