CATEGORY:
Developing Space High School & University
1.4 CubeSat Orbits
Course Access: 365 days access
Course Overview
Students determine what types of mission each orbit would be useful for -or- students consider their original list of missions and determine which orbit types would be ideal for each one mission -or- the teacher, with a list of actual satellites and their missions, reads out loud one mission at a time and has the students discuss which orbit type would be best for the mission.
Index:
- Introduction
- Pre-assessment
- Glossary
- Circular Orbits
- Inclination
- Ground Tracks and Nodal Displacement
- CubeSat Orbits
- CubeSat Lifespan
- Activities
- Knowledge Check!
- Resources
- Educator Feedback
- Send a Postcard to Space!
