Master Space and Applications

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Master Space and Applications

I - Prerequisites for the Master

• Classical mechanics

• Quantum mechanics

• Geometrical optics

• Thermodynamics

• Electromagnetism

• Physical optics

• Special relativity

• Basic electronics

• Computer science

• English

II – Organization

The master is organized in four semesters :

• M1 semester S1 (30 ECTS) : 12 common modules

• M1 semester S2 (30 ECTS) : 8 common modules and a 2-month internship

• M2 semester S3 (30 ECTS) : 8 common modules and two specializations (Sciences in space, Space engineering)

• M2 semester S4 (30 ECTS) : 6-month internship in laboratory, possibly in France Master 1^st year - Semester S1 – 30 ECTS

Human, Economic, Social and Juridical sciences Common to all masters at USTH

(5 ECTS - 45h) Basics of Solid State

Physics (4 ECTS – 40h)

Telecoms, Antennas, microwaves (radars)

LW (2 ECTS – 20h)

Mechanics of structures LW

(2 ECTS – 20h)

Computer science - Programming

LW (2 ECTS – 20h) Introduction to Earth and

planetary science LW (3 ECTS – 30h)

Optical systems and image formation

LW (4 ECTS – 40h)

Electronics and Automatic Control

LW (3 ECTS – 30h)

Signal analysis and Image Processing

(5 ECTS – 50h)

Master 1^st year - Semester S2 – 30 ECTS Introduction to

astrophysics and celestial mechanics

(4 ECTS – 50h)

Particle interaction with matter

and Detectors (4 ECTS – 40h)

Space observation of Earth

LW (4 ECTS – 40h)

Probability and Statistics (2 ECTS - 24h)

Fluid dynamics (2 ECTS – 20h)

Basis of Aeronautics (3 ECTS – 30h)

Experimental Projects (2 ECTS – 24h)

Numerical methods LW

(3 ECTS – 30h) Two month internship (7 ECTS)

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Master 2^nd year - Semester S3 – 30 ECTS Human, Economic, Social and

Juridical sciences Common to all masters at USTH

and Space Law (specific S&A) (5 ECTS - 45h)

System, project, quality Phase A project study

(4 ECTS - 40h)

Orbital mechanics (2 ECTS – 20h)

Instrumental project (2 ECTS – 20h)

Observational techniques LW

(3 ECTS - 30h)

Database and web tools (2 ECTS – 20h)

OPTIONS

Space Science and Applications Space engineering/technology

Earth observation: theory and detection (2 ECTS – 20h)

Earth observation:

applications LW (3 ECTS – 30h)

Spacecraft architecture and environment

(2 ECTS – 20h)

On-board software Attitude control

LW (4 ECTS - 40h) Comparative planetary

science (2 ECTS – 20h)

Astrophysics (3 ECTS – 30h)

GPS/Galileo systems (2 ECTS – 20h)

Finite element method, control engineering

EP (2 ECTS – 20h)

Geomatic database LW

(2 ECTS – 20h)

Data processing and numerical simulations

(3 ECTS – 30h)

Cryogeny and Vacuum technics

EP (2 ECTS – 20h)

Telemetry and telecommunications

(3 ECTS – 30h)

Master 2^nd year - Semester S4 – 30 ECTS 6 month internship (30 ECTS)

Practical work :

–Experimental lab work or on-computer tutorial (indicated by LW in tables above), typically by session of 2 to 4 hours

–The experimental physics module is a series a one-day long projects related to lectures

Modules are typically divided in lectures, tutorial class and practical work (LW), or may be in the form of a project done by group of two students.

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III – Education team (provisional)

Rodolphe Clédassou CNES

Pierre Lesaffre ENS/Observatoire de Paris

Francis Cottet ENSMA

Arnaud Chulliat IPGP

Olivier Fourure ISAE

Maria Antonietta Barucci Observatoire de Paris

Noël Dimarcq Observatoire de Paris

Pierre Drossart Observatoire de Paris

Benoît Mosser Observatoire de Paris

Guy Perrin Observatoire de Paris

Catherine Prigent Observatoire de Paris

Pascal Rannou Univeristé de Reims

Eric Bréelle UPD UFR Physique

Francesca Carosella UPD UFR Physique

Olivier De Viron UPD UFR STEP

Nicolas Delbart UPD GHSS

Yannick Giraud-Héraud UPD UFR Physique

Hubert Halloin UPD UFR Physique

Stéphane Jacquemoud UPD UFR STEP

Catherine Mering UPD UFR GHSS

Guillaume Patanchon UPD UFR Physique

Damien Prêle UPD UFR Physique

Cyrille Rosset UPD UFR Physique

Marcello Fulchignoni UPD/Observatoire de Paris UFR Physique

Gérard Rousset UPD/Observatoire de Paris UFR Physique

Alain Maestrini UPMC/Observatoire de Paris

Thomas Widemann UVSQ

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IV – Description of lectures

Master 1

^st

year - Semester S1

Introduction to astrophysics Teacher

3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (15h), tutorial class (15h), experimental project (8h)

Stellar physics, galactic physics, cosmology. Objects of astrophysics : stars, galaxies, Universe.

Observations : coordinates, distance measurements, photometry, spectroscopy. Stars : diameter, distances, masses, luminosity, temperature, spectrum, H-R diagram. Internal structure :

fundamental equations, nuclear energy, neutron star, nucleosynthesis, star evolution. Interstellar medium. Milky Way. Galaxies : typology, distance. Large scale structure of the Universe.

Cosmology.

Introduction to Earth and planetary science Teacher

3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (15h), tutorial class (15h)

Earth structure, internal geodynamics, magnetism, seismology.

Introduction to astronomical coordinates and celestial mechanics

Teacher 2 ECTS – 20h – Lectures (10h), tutorial & practical work (10h)

Keplerian orbits, coordinate system, osculating orbit parameters, planet orbits, spherical trigonometry, ref time-space (including GPS) .

Telecommunications Teacher

1 ECTS – 14h – Lectures (6h), Experimental project (8h)

Basics of source and channel coding. Channel capacity. Basics of digital modulation and demodulation. Practical case of transmissions from space instruments.

Experimental work : Simulation up-link, down-link (instrument control), Modulation Demodulation FSK

Optical system and image formation

4 ECTS – 40h – Lectures (16h), tutorial class (16h), experimental work (8h)

Diffraction theory, image formation of a point source, and of an extended source, image sampling and sensor scaling, static and dynamic aberrations, image formation in presence of aberrations, wavefront correction techniques, optical interferometry in astronomy and aperture synthesis.

Optical systems, telescopes and image array sensors.

Experimental work : simulate imaging system, image formation, system impulse response, optical aberration, digital imaging and image processing, interferometry

Automatic control Teacher

2 ECTS – 20h – Lectures (6h), Tutorial class (6h), Experimental project (8h)

Modelling of continuous & discretized systems, Laplace transforms, Z transforms, modelling in state space representation (?), filters and design of control.

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Mechanics of structures Teachers ? 2 ECTS – 20h – Lectures (10h), tutorial & practical work (10h)

Motivation, généralités (équilibre en milieu continu etc.) Poutres droites en traction-compression et flexion. Thermoélasticité. Instabilité statique (flambage). Equilibre dynamique des systèmes discrets. Exemples d’application d'un code avec maillage.

Practical work : mechanical simulation

Electronics Teacher

2 ECTS – 20h – Lectures (10h), tutorial & practical work (10h)

Feedback (filtering, phase lock loop, power supply regulation), Emission-transmission (Modulation), Electronique noise.

Experimental work : Active filters (4h), DC-DC converter (4h), Modulation (4h), Phase locked Loop (4h), Electronic noise (4h).

Antennas and microwaves Teacher

2 ECTS – 20h – Lectures (12h), Experimental project (8h)

Basics of guided waves and antenna theory. Antenna pattern, gain, and impedance. Friis formula of radio link budget. Practical antennas and arrays for space instruments. Up and down

conversion for signal transmission. Heterodyne detection. Receiver and system equivalent noise temperature. Critical microwave emitters and receivers technologies for space instruments up to sub-millimeter wavelengths.

Laboratory work : Characterizing a 3-meter dish antenna and its receiver. 2x4 hours. Location, VATLY, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology of Hanoi.

Part 1 : the students will characterize the antenna pattern of a 3-meter dish antenna working at a 1.4GHz using the sun as a quasi-point source. They will estimate the directivity of the antenna and compare it to estimated values based on the aperture size and with 3D-electromagnetic simulations performed on Ansys HFSS.

Part 2 : the students will measure the receiver equivalent noise temperature of microwave amplifiers using a cryogenic matched load, a noise source, a power meter and a spectrum analyzer. They will compare and analyze the results. Alternatively, they will perform a similar measurement on the 1.4 GHz receiver of the SRT using its internal noise source and a cryogenic load.

Computer science - Programming Teacher

3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (12h), tutorial & practical work (18h)

UNIX environment, standard commands, shell. Programming : interpreted vs compiled languages. Bases of programming in C : loops, conditions, pointers and arrays, functions, input/output. Algorithms.

Practical work : tutorial C programming and small project

Signal processing Teacher

Basics - Fourier Transform, sampling, image analysis, filtering, introduction to estimation (chi2), impulse response, transfer function, convolution, random signals, correlation, power spectrum density, noise reduction.

Image processing Teacher

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3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (15h), tutorial class (15h) TO BE FILLED

Master 1

^st

year - Semester S2

Basics of Solid State Physics

Standard lecture L3/M1, Refresher course of thermodynamics, microcanonical ensemble,

canonical ensemble, grand canonical ensemble, quantum gas.Condensed matter : applications of statistical physics and quantum mechanics (conductor, semiconductor, thermodynamic

properties).

Fluid dynamics

Standard lecture L3/M1. Fluid physics. Cinematics. Dynamics of viscous fluids. Conservation equations. Navier-Stokes equations. Potential flows. Reynolds number. Low Reneyolds number flow. Fluid instabilities. Turbulence.

Particle interaction with matter Teacher

Kinematics of relativistic collisions, lifetime/desintegrations, introduction to particles

Space observation of Earth Teacher

4 ECTS – 40h – Lectures (15h), tutorial class (10h), practical work (15h)

Principles of remote sensing and its applications in oceanography (elevation, temperature, ocean color), atmospheric sciences (chemical constituants, ozone layer), land surface (elevation, natural vegetation, agriculture, anthropised vegetation, urban development, disaster monitoring).

Probability and statistics Teacher

Theory of probabilities, random variables, statistical laws, estimators, multivariate techniques.

Numerical methods Teacher

3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (12h), practical work and project (18h)

Equation solving methods (differential, linear, ... ), ... (to defined depending on the needs of other lectures/labs), Transfer equations, computation of orbits, etc...

Detectors Teacher

3 ECTS – 30h – Lectures (14h), practical work (16h)

Physics of detectors, teledetection and associated electronics

Experimental projects Teacher

2 ECTS – 24h – Laboratory work (24h)

Experimental projects on following subjects : antenna and microwaves, radio-astronomy, ...

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Master 2 year - Semester S3 – Common lectures

Space law and intellectual property Teacher

1 ECTS - 10h description

Professional development Teacher

1 ECT - 10h

CV, professional environment and orientation

Orbital mechanics Teacher

2 ECTS – 20h

Different kind of orbits, modification of osculating orbit parameters, cost in delta V, use of J2, optimal spatial trajectories, eclipses & visibilities, projection of ground trace ...

System, project, quality Teacher

2 ECTS

Systems and projects : functional analysis, system approach. System et projects inside a space agency. Quality assurance in space projects.

Phase A project study Teacher

2 ECTS

From scientific to technical specifications. Practical implementation of functional analysis; system approach; design; constraints

Database and web tools Teacher

2 ECTS Description

Observational techniques Teacher

3 ECTS

Use and performances of different types of space instruments. Direct instruments interacting with phenomena in their immediate vicinity, and registering characteristics of them (e.g. high or low energy particles detectors, plasma instruments, magnetometers, dust detectors,mass

spectrometers, etc.). Remote-sensing instruments: existing to form some kind of image or

characterization of the source of the phenomena that enter the instrument (e.g. imaging systems, polarimeters, radiometers, multiwavelength spectroimagers, etc.). Active instruments providing their own means of sensing the remote object (e.g. radars, altimeters, alpha particles and X-ray spectrometers, etc.). Passive Instruments receiving and processing existing light, particles, or other phenomena (e.g. imaging, magnetometers, etc).

Instrumental projects Teacher

2 ECTS

Development of an instrument, from science to design. Analysis and examples associated to sciences of the Universe

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Master 2

^nd

year - Semester S3 – Space Science and Applications

Earth observation : theory and detection Teacher

2 ECTS

Remote sensing physics and sensors : radiative transfer, material-REM interaction, spectrometry.

Earth observation : applications Teacher

3 ECTS

Remote sensing imagery analysis methods and applications for : 1/ atmosphere and climate, ocean, land surface (biogeography, geomorphology) ; 2/ society and environment : agriculture, risk ... Practicals on deforestation monitoring, urban development, natural vegetation changes with climate, agricultural production estimation, disaster monitoring, object detection.

Comparative planetary science Teacher

2 ECTS

The Earth is considered a "ground thruth" in the interpretation of the natural processes taking place on the other planets of the Solar system. A short overview on the available knowledge on the extrasolar planets

Astrophysics Teacher

3 ECTS description

Geomatic database Teacher

2 ECTS include project

Data processing and numerical simulations Teacher

3 ECTS Project

Master 2

^nd

year - Semester S3 – Space engineering

Spacecraft architecture and environment Teacher

1 ECTS

Dimensionnement d'un satellite. Les différents sous-systèmes. Suivant les types de mission (télécommunications, observation dela terre, science, ...). Cf. cours actuel

On-board software – Attitude control Teacher

GPS/Galileo systems Teacher

2 ECTS

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Finite element method, control engineering Teacher

Cryogeny and Vacuum technics Teacher

Telecommunications and telemetry Teacher