Máni@SDU Astrodynamics Workshop: Student-Led Initiative in Space Education and Orbital Mechanics Training

This poster is part of the Máni@SDU Astrodynamics Workshop documented at https://zenodo.org/records/15805169. It was presented at the Danish National Space Conference (Track 1: Student and Educational Activities) on the 21st of October 2025. 

Abstract: 

The Máni@SDU Astrodynamics Workshop held in July 2025 represents a student-led educational initiative aimed at lowering barriers to astrodynamics education for Danish university students. The workshop introduced participants to ESA’s GODOT software toolkit. Through peer-to-peer teaching and cross-university collaboration between SDU-Galaxy and AAU Satlab, students gained hands-on experience with the installation of the ESA GODOT through Ubuntu and the calculations of orbital determination and the Lambert problem. All educational materials, including installation scripts and exercises, were made publicly available via Zenodo and GitHub. This initiative demonstrates how practical, open-access education based on the peer-to-peer teaching can build the competencies and collaborative networks essential for Denmark’s next generation of space scientists and engineers. 

Acknowledgement:

We would like to thank Israel Leyva Mayorga (AAU) and Rasmus Haupt Dybkjær (AAU) for their assistance and support for the workshop and educational outreach at the National Space Conference.