Space Situational Awareness and Planetary Defense

Education facts

Code: R7031R

Safeguard our planet’s future in space! Learn how modern science and engineering cope with threats from space debris and near-Earth objects.

Entry requirements

At least 90 ECTS of completed courses and basic knowledge in linear algebra, calculus, and ordinary and partial differential equations e.g M0055M Functions of Several Variables, 7,5 ECTS or equivalent. The students should also have a good background in orbital dynamics, corresponding to e.g. R7025R Orbit and attitude dynamics 7,5 ECTS and the effects of space environment on spacecraft, corresponding to e.g. R7004R Spacecraft Environment Interactions 7.5 ECTS. Good knowledge in English equivalent to English 6

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Space Situational Awareness and Planetary Defense

  Luleå University of Technology

  Kiruna

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 17 January 2027

  Pace of study: 50 %