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Orbital mechanics for engineering students / Howard D. Curtis, Professor of Aerospace Engineering, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Series: Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier, BH, Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Third editionDescription: xiii, 751 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780080977478 (hbk.)
  • 0080977472 (hbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TL1050 .C87 2014
Contents:
Dynamics of point masses -- The two-body problem -- Orbital position as a function of time -- Orbits in three dimensions -- Preliminary orbit determination -- Orbital maneuvers -- Relative motion and rendezvous -- Interplanetary trajectories -- Rigid body dynamics -- Satellite attitude dynamics -- Rocket vehicle dynamics -- Introduction to orbital perturbations.
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Previous edition: 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 739-740) and index.

Dynamics of point masses -- The two-body problem -- Orbital position as a function of time -- Orbits in three dimensions -- Preliminary orbit determination -- Orbital maneuvers -- Relative motion and rendezvous -- Interplanetary trajectories -- Rigid body dynamics -- Satellite attitude dynamics -- Rocket vehicle dynamics -- Introduction to orbital perturbations.

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