Orbital Mechanics
ISBN: 9780199837700 | 0199837708
Edition: 2ndFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date: 12/12/2012
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One of the major challenges of modern space mission design is the orbital mechanics -- determining how to get a spacecraft to its destination using a limited amount of propellant. Recent missions such as Voyager and Galileo required gravity assist maneuvers at several planets to accomplishtheir objectives. Today's students of aerospace engineering face the challenge of calculating these types of complex spacecraft trajectories. This classroom-tested textbook takes its title from an elective course which has been taught to senior undergraduates ... MORE
Each Chapter ends with References and Problems.
Chapter 1: The n-Body Problem
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Equations of Motion for the n-Body Problem
1.3 Justification of the Two-Body Model
1.4 The Two-Body Problem
1.5 The Elliptic Orbit
1.6 Parabolic, Hyperbolic, and Rectilinear Orbits
1.7 Energy of the Orbit
Chapter 2: Position in Orbit as a Function of Time
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Position and Time in an Elliptic ... MORE
John E. Prussing is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Bruce A. Conway is Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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