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Teaching

Teaching Offer 

The TUM Chair of Astrodynamics is responsible to deliver the following planned courses. 
For more details see TUM Online (the courses will appear there in due time). 
All courses are at the Master Level and are dedicated to the Aerospace Engineering students. 
All course are taught in English.
All courses are taught at the TUM Ottobrunn Campus. 
The practical courses are for a limited number of students. 
 

Winter semester

Starting during WiSe 2025/2026:

  • Orbital and Spaceflight Mechanics
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]

  • Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]

  • Orbital and Space Flight Mechanics - Practical Course
    [4 SWS , 4 ECTS]
    (For students who also take Orbital and Spaceflight Mechanics)

  • Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control - Practical Course
    [4 SWS , 4 ECTS]
    (For students who also take Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control)

  • TUM Chair of Astrodynamics Lecture Series
    [2 SWS , 3 ECTS]

Starting during WiSe 2026/2027:

  • Orbital Mechanics III: Interplanetary Flight and Optimization
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]
    (Prerequisite: Orbital and Spaceflight Mechanics)
     

Summer semester

Starting during SoSe 2026:

  • Orbital Mechanics II: Distributed Space Systems 
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]
    (Prerequisite: Orbital and Spaceflight Mechanics)

  • Advanced Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]
    (Prerequisite: Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control)

  • Orbital Robotic Systems: Mechanics and Control
    [4 SWS - 2 Lecture / 2 Exercise , 5 ECTS]
    (Prerequisites: Orbital and Spaceflight Mechanics, Spacecraft Attitude Mechanics and Control)

  • Orbital Mechanics II: Distributed Space Systems - Practical Course
    [4 SWS , 4 ECTS]
    (For students who also take Orbital Mechanics II)

  • Orbital Robotic Systems: Mechanics and Control - Practical Course
    [4 SWS , 4 ECTS]
    (For students who also take Orbital Robotic Systems: Mechanics and Control)

  • TUM Chair of Astrodynamics Lecture Series
    [2 SWS , 3 ECTS]

 

Teaching Philosophy

  • Link each subject to first principles

  • Highlight the historical sequence of knowledge development

  • Use examples from actual space missions

  • Build-up software simulations of increasing complexity (in practical courses)

  • Make use of didactical test-beds to help students gain insight with ‘hands-on’, experiential education

  • Bring research to the classroom

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