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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 accomplish their 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 and first-year graduate students for the past 22 years. The subject of orbital mechanics is developed starting from the first principles, using Newton's laws of motion and the law of gravitation to prove Kepler's empirical laws of planetary motion. Unlike many texts the authors also use first principles to derive other important results including Kepler's equation, Lambert's time-of-flight equation, the rocket equation, the Hill-Clohessy-Wiltshire equations of relative motion, Gauss' equations for the variation of the elements, and the Gauss and Laplace methods of orbit determination. The subject of orbit transfer receives special attention. Optimal orbit transfers such as the Hohmann transfer, minimum-fuel transfers using more than two impulses, and non-coplanar orbital transfer are discussed. Patched-conic interplanetary trajectories including gravity-assist maneuvers are the subject of an entire chapter and are particularly relevant to modern space missions.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0195078349
ISBN-13
9780195078343
eBay Product ID (ePID)
48682

Product Key Features

Author
Bruce A. Conway, John E. Prussing
Publication Name
Orbital Mechanics
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
1993
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
208 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.4in
Item Height
0.9in
Item Width
9.6in
Item Weight
16.2 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Tl1050.P78 1993
Reviews
"[Prussing and Conway] have written up their final-year university course. Here, celestial mechanics is expanded into space aeronautics. The book is a paragon of clarity and has problems and worked examples." --David Hughes (Univ of Sheffield), New Scientist"Good references and problem sets..." --Choice, "[Prussing and Conway] have written up their final-year university course. Here, celestial mechanics is expanded into space aeronautics. The book is a paragon of clarity and has problems and worked examples." --David Hughes (Univ of Sheffield), New Scientist
Table of Content
1. The n-body Problem2. Position in Orbit as a Function of Time3. The Orbit in Space4. Lambert's Problem5. Rocket Dynamics6. Impulsive Orbit Transfer7. Interplanetary Mission Analysis8. Linear Orbit Theory9. Determination of the Perturbed Orbit10. Orbit Determination
Copyright Date
1993
Topic
Mechanics / Aerodynamics, Aeronautics & Astronautics
Lccn
92-041505
Dewey Decimal
629.4/113
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Science

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