Calendar | Space Systems Engineering

The calendar below includes the lecture (LE) and lab (LA) sessions for the first semester (16.83). The lectures provide background on the project, its technical knowledge requirements, and introduces students to aspects of system design which may be unfamiliar. Major presentations are identified in the Key Dates column, and sometimes include external audience members.

Subsequent semesters (16.831, 16.832) favor lab activities heavily.  Lectures are given on demand, when a knowledge gap is identified.  Milestones for each semester include major presentations and important report documents. 

SES # TOPICS KEY DATES
LE1 Class introduction, Requirements  
LE2 Requirements (cont.), Electromagnetic("EM") design  
LA1 Team activities  
LE3 System management Team plans presentations
LE4 Mission design, Teamwork  
LA2 Team activities  
LE5 Formation flight control Team presentations
LA3 Team activities  
LE6 Trade analyses Team presentations
LE7 Presentation planning Individual program report presentations
LA4 Trade analysis and requirements review ("TARR") preparation  
LE8 Sub-system planning, Real-time software  
LA5 TARR preparation Team progress report presentations
LA6 TARR preparation  
LA7 TARR preparation  
LA8 TARR preparation  
LA9 TARR dry run  
LE9   TARR presentation
LE10 Lab introduction Requirements document due
LE11
LA10
Reliability and operations
Sub-system design
 
LE12 Design document  
LA11 Sub-system prototyping  
LA12 Sub-system design  
LE13   Sub-system report presentations
LA13 Sub-system prototyping  
LE14 Manufacture and test  
LA14 Sub-system prototyping  
LE15 Presentation planning  
LA15 Sub-system design  
LA16 Sub-system prototyping  
LE16   Sub-system report presentations
LA17 Preliminary design review ("PDR") preparation  
LA18 Sub-system prototyping  
LE17   PDR presentations
LA19 PDR action items  
LA20 Design document preparation  
LA21 Design document preparation  
LA22 Team social Design document due

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