Space flight dynamics

With practical, real-world examples illustrating key concepts throughout, this concise resource provides thorough coverage of space flight topics with self-contained chapters serving a variety of courses in orbital mechanics, spacecraft dynamics, and astronautics. --

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Kluever, Craig A. (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018.
EditionFirst edition.
SeriesAerospace series (Chichester, England)
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781119157908
1119157900
9781119157847
1119157846
9781523123780
1523123788
9781119157823
Physical Description1 online resource (xiii, 562 pages)

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Table of Contents:
  • Historical overview
  • Two-body orbital mechanics
  • Orbit determination
  • Time of flight
  • Non-Keplerian motion
  • Rocket performance
  • Impulsive orbital maneuvers
  • Relative motion and orbital rendezvous
  • Low-thrust transfers
  • Interplanetary trajectories
  • Atmospheric entry
  • Attitude dynamics
  • Attitude control.