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Overview
Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, this third edition of Orbital Mechanics is structured so that you can easily look up the things you need to know. This edition includes more recent developments in space exploration (e.g., Galileo, Cassini, Mars Odyssey missions). Also, the chapter on space debris was rewritten to reflect new developments in that area.
The well-organized chapters cover every basic aspect of orbital mechanics, from celestial relationships to the problems of space debris. The book is clearly written in language familiar to aerospace professionals and graduate students, with all of the equations, diagrams, and graphs you would like to have close at hand.
An updated software package on CD-ROM includes: HW Solutions, which presents a range of viewpoints and guidelines for solving selected problems in the text; Orbital Calculator, which provides an interactive environment for the generation of Keplerian orbits, orbital transfer maneuvers, and animation of ellipses, hyperbolas, and interplanetary orbits; and Orbital Mechanics Solutions.
Synopsis
Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, this third edition of Orbital Mechanics is structured so that you can easily look up the things you need to know. This edition includes more recent developments in space exploration (e.g., Galileo, Cassini, Mars Odyssey missions). Also, the chapter on space debris was rewritten to reflect new developments in that area.
The well-organized chapters cover every basic aspect of orbital mechanics, from celestial relationships to the problems of space debris. The book is clearly written in language familiar to aerospace professionals and graduate students, with all of the equations, diagrams, and graphs you would like to have close at hand.
An updated software package on CD-ROM includes: HW Solutions, which presents a range of viewpoints and guidelines for solving selected problems in the text; Orbital Calculator, which provides an interactive environment for the generation of Keplerian orbits, orbital transfer maneuvers, and animation of ellipses, hyperbolas, and interplanetary orbits; and Orbital Mechanics Solutions.
Booknews
Contributors to the third edition of this text include scientists and engineers from The Aerospace Corporation, an organization in the U.S. space program. Intended for aerospace professionals and graduate students, the text covers the theory and application of earth orbits and interplanetary trajectories, orbital maneuvers, space rendezvous, orbit perturbations, and collision hazards associated with space debris. The revised edition includes recent developments in space exploration and new developments in space debris. The text is now accompanied by a CD-ROM software package illustrating text material and providing solutions to selected problems. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR