Space Systems Operations (International)

Program Officer

LCDR Brannon Chapman

Spanagel Hall, Room 401A

[phone], DSN 756-2678

[e-mail]

Academic Associate

Steve Tackett, Lecturer

Code SP/Ta, Spanagel Hall, Room 230

[phone], DSN 756-2944

[e-mail]

Brief Overview

The Space Systems Operations (International) program is designed to provide international officers with knowledge of military opportunities and applications in space. It is also available to US citizens who may not have a security clearance. Students are provided instruction about the operation, tasking, and employment of space surveillance, communications, navigation, and atmospheric/oceanographic/environmental sensing systems as well as payload design and integration — specifically for the exploitation of Space and Information products. For a complete description, see the Space Systems Operations (366) section of the catalog.

Requirements for Entry

This program is open to International Officers and US personnel. Admission requires a baccalaureate degree with above-average grades, completion of mathematics through differential equations and integral calculus, plus at least one course in calculus-based physics. An APC of 324 is required for direct entry. Students lacking this background may matriculate through the one-quarter Engineering Science program (Curriculum 460).

Convenes

Fall

Program Length

18 Months

 

Typical Course of Study - Space Systems Operations (International)

Quarter 1

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
IT1600	Communication Skills for International Officers		3	0
IT1500	Informational Program Seminar for International Officers		4	0
SS3011	Space Technology and Applications		3	0
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1
SS1100	Intro to Programming for Space Applications		2	2

Quarter 2

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
SS3400	Orbital Mechanics, Launch and Space Operations		4	2
SS3610	Space Communications Systems: Fundamentals and Analysis		4	2
NS4677	Space and International Security		4	0
PH3052	Physics of Space and Airborne Sensor Systems		4	0
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1

Quarter 3

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
SS1810	Thesis Proposal Preparation		0	1
SS3041	Space Systems and Operations I		4	2
IT1700	Academic Writing for International Officers		3	0
ELECT	Elective
SS3600	Space Systems Modeling and Simulation		2	3
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1

Quarter 4

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
SE3100	Fundamentals of Systems Engineering		3	2
PH2514	Introduction to the Space Environment		4	0
SS0810	Space Systems Thesis Research		0	8
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1

Quarter 5

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
AE4830	Spacecraft Systems I		3	2
SS0810	Space Systems Thesis Research		0	8
MN3301	Acquisition of Defense Systems		4	0
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1

Quarter 6

Course Number	Title	Credits	Lecture Hours	Lab Hours
AE4831	Spacecraft Systems II		3	2
SS0810	Space Systems Thesis Research		0	8
IS3502	Network Operations I		4	2
ELECT	Elective (4000 level)
SS4000	Space Systems Seminars		0	1