MECH&AE 161B

Introduction to Space Technology

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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Spacecraft systems and dynamics, including spacecraft power, instruments, communications, structures, materials, thermal control, and attitude/orbit determination and control. Space mission design, launch vehicles/considerations, space propulsion.

Letter grading.

When it runs

Winter 2026
Winter 2027

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.

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Requisites

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Recommended preparation: courses 102, 161A.

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MECH&AE 161B

MECH&AE 102Dynamics of Particles and Rigid Bodies
- MECH&AE 101Statics and Strength of Materials
  - MATH 31ADifferential and Integral Calculus1 more beneath
  - PHYSICS 1APhysics for Scientists and Engineers: Mechanicsanother path to it
  - MATH 31BIntegration and Infinite Seriesanother path to it

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MECH&AE 161B

MECH&AE 161CSpacecraft Design

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