Orbital Science and Technology

This is a listing of MSc thesis subjects of the Orbital Science and Technology research area. In this area we are starting with the development of our own toolbox, the TU Delft Astrodynamics Toolbox, or Tudat in short. Have a look at the Tudat website .

Future

Cryosat orbit determination and validation
  Coach: E.J.O. Schrama

Delfi real-time orbit computation
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Etalon precise orbit determination
  Coach: R. Noomen.

WESTPAC rotational dynamics
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Rotation of the Earth's atmosphere
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Space-borne accelerometer instruments for preciseabsolute and relative satellite positioning
  Coach: P.N.A.M. Visser.

Orbit determination and station positioning using the DORIS system
  Coach: Eelco Doornbos.

Precise orbit determination for the ERS missions
  Coach: Eelco Doornbos.

solar sailing technology development
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Earth's geocenter motion
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Development of Space Trajectory Analysis Astrodynamics Suite (NUMEROUS ASSIGNMENTS POSSIBLE)
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Unexpected Delta-V increase during gravity assist of GALILEO and NEAR spacecraft
  Coach: P.N.A.M. Visser.

Formation flying of the XEUS spacecraft
  Coach: P.N.A.M. Visser.

Navigating a balloon in the Titan atmosphere
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Running

Mission to the Moon in support of building a Moon base (STA)
  Student: Mirjam Broere, Antonio Pagano and Valentino Zuccarelli;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Gliding and skipping entry mission manager for STA
  Student: Stefan van Doorn;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Pin-point landing on Mars
  Student: Yusuf Abdulkadir;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Completed

Constellations of geostationary satellites
  Student: C. Law;
  Coach: P.N.A.M. Visser.

Disposal orbits of geostationary satellites
  Student: M. van Kints;
  Coach: R. Noomen.

low-thrust Pluto mission
  Student: Gert Marien;
  Coach: R. Noomen.

Optimization of optimization techniques
  Student: Jasper Spaans;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Feasibility of Unified Orbit and Attitude State Formulation in Celestial Mechanics
  Student: Vivek Vittaldev;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

Optimization of the Terminal Area phase of a winged re-entry vehicle
  Student: Sven de Ridder;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.

System Engineering Module for STA
  Student: Guido Ridolfi;
  Coach: Erwin Mooij.