Astrodynamics

Calculus Advanced This book is going to serve as an introduction to the field of astrodynamics, especially from a practical, engineering perspective. We will focus our attention on man-made satellites, and the dynamics of orbiting such satellites around the earth, the moon, and other "local" objects. We will look at practical applications, such as earth-orbits, lunar and inter-planetary trajectories, ballistic missiles, and interstellar escape trajectories. Table of Contents right /Introduction/ /History/ Section 1: Introduction /Fundamental Laws/ /The Earth/ /Time/ /Coordinate Systems/ Basic Rocketry Section 2: Basic Orbits /Three Body Problem/ /N-Body Problem/ /Motion Constants/ /Orbit Basics/ /Classical Orbit Elements/ /Orbit Determination/ Section 3: Satellite Position and Velocity /Satellite Ground-Track/ /Time of Flight/ /The Kepler Problem/ /The Gauss Problem/ Section 4: Perturbations /Perturbations/ /Cowell's Method/ /Encke's Method/ /Parameter Variations/ /Analytic Formulation/ Section 4: Orbital Manuvers /In-Plane Orbit Changes/ /Out-of-Plane Orbit Changes/ Section 5: Specific Trajectories /Ballistic Trajectories/ /Lunar Trajectories/ /Interplanetary Trajectories/ Further Reading R. Bate, D. Mueller, J. White (1971) Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, Dover Publications, New York. 0486600610 Richard H. Battin (1999) An Introduction to the Mathematics and Methods of Astrodynamics, AIAA Education Series. 1563473429 J. Prussing, B. Conway (1993) Orbital Mechanics, Oxford University Press Inc., New York, 9780195078343 Francis J. Hale (1994) Introduction to Space Flight, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 0134819128 Modern Physics (Gravity) Calculus Space Transport and Engineering Methods See also Astronomy Classical Mechanics Conic Sections Space Transport and Engineering Methods Orbital Mechanics Aerospace engineering Astronomy A 25% __NOTOC__ __NOEDITSECTION__ fr:Mécanique spatiale