Aerospace Engineering 508
Optimal Space Trajectories
Spring 2020







  • Instructor: Prof. John E. Prussing
    Office: 319a Talbot Lab
    Phone: 333-8231
    Email: prussing@illinois.edu
    Office Hours: Tu W 2–3, Th 2–3:30

  • Text: Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories by John E. Prussing, Oxford University Press, 2018.
  • Errata sheet is here: Errata.OST.pdf


  • Course Outline
    Midterm Exam: Wednesday, March 11, in-class, 50 minutes

    Final Exam: Take-Home Exam


  • Grading:
    Midterm Exam counts 35%
    Final Exam counts 35%

    Homework counts 30%.
    Homework is assigned approximately weekly and is due at the beginning of the class period.
    A late penalty of 10% per calendar day will be assessed.
  • Homework

  • Lectures



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