1. Guidance, Control, and Flight Dynamics
Guidance law design for launch vehicles (mainly reusable launch vehicles), missiles, planetary landers, and spacecraft
Trajectory design, analysis, and optimization
Control system design
High fidelity 6 DOF simulator developmentĀ
Flight safety for launch operations
2. Space System Design and Optimization
Design of launch vehicles and reusable launch vehicles
Cost awareness design
Orbit (constellation) and system design
3. Space Situational Awareness
Footprint prediction of reentry objects
Initial orbit determination
Risk management of space debirs