Space Systems Development & Engineering
16.83X is a capstone course at MIT where students are expected to use their knowledge gained over the last three years to design, prototype, and test an actual flight vehicle or system.
Learn
Physics 101
Fuels
Rocket Engine
Structures & Materials
Fuel / LOX Tanks
Valves
Plumbing
Thrust Vector Control
Power
Avionics
Guidance & Navigation Control
Communications
Booster(Stage 0)
First Stage
Integration
Flight Trajectory
Stability & Control
Weather
Flight Termination Systems
Pre Launch Verifications
Launch
MECO / Staging Separation
Orbit Insertion
Payload Deployment
De-Orbiting
Ground Data Systems
Tracking
Planetary Motion
Manufacturing Engineering
Launch Vehicles
Saturn V
Falcon 9
Falcon Heavy
Starship
Rocket Engines
Merlin 1D
Raptor
RS-25
RD-180
Sub Systems
Cold Gas Thrusters
Thrust Vector Control
Environmental Control and Life Support System (ECLSS)
Fire Suppression System