Orbital Mechanics

Name: Orbital Mechanics
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ISBN: 9780195078343

ISBN-10: 0195078349

ISBN-13: 9780195078343

Edition: 1993

Authors: John E. Prussing, Bruce A. Conway

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In the planning of any space mission, whether manned or unmanned, one of the most important problems to solve is the orbital mechanics of the spaceflight--how to get the spacecraft from here to there. Sometimes the problem is a relatively simple one: for instance, determining the amount of thrust for how much time to get the space shuttle into a low-earth stable orbit has been more or less perfected. But working out the equations for launching the Voyager probe to visit four major planets, their satellites and rings, without crashing into any of them or flying too far from them, was a formidable problem. As more spaceflights are planned and designed, students and engineers will need…

Book details

List price: $97.95
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/23/1993
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 9.57" wide x 6.38" long x 0.87" tall
Weight: 0.990

Bruce Conway is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He received his Ph.D. in aeronautics and astronautics at Stanford University in 1981. Professor Conway's research interests include orbital mechanics, optimal control, differential games, and improved methods for the numerical solution of problems in optimization.




The n-body Problem



Position in Orbit as a Function of Time



The Orbit in Space



Lambert's Problem



Rocket Dynamics



Impulsive Orbit Transfer



Interplanetary Mission Analysis



Linear Orbit Theory



Determination of the Perturbed Orbit



Orbit Determination