| Orbital Relative Motion and Terminal Rendezvous: Analytic and Numerical Methods for Spaceflight Guidance Applications 2021 Edition Contributor(s): Kéchichian, Jean Albert (Author) |
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ISBN: 3030646564 ISBN-13: 9783030646561 Publisher: Springer OUR PRICE: $189.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2021 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Technology & Engineering | Aeronautics & Astronautics - Science | Astronomy - Science | Physics - Mathematical & Computational |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.73 lbs) 417 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book provides a comprehensive analysis of time-fixed terminal rendezvous around the Earth using chemical propulsion. The book has two main objectives. The first is to derive the mathematics of relative motion in near-circular orbit when subjected to perturbations emanating from the oblateness of the Earth, third-body gravity, and atmospheric drag. The mathematics are suitable for quick trajectory prediction and the creation of computer codes and efficient software to solve impulsive maneuvers and fly rendezvous missions. The second objective of this book is to show how the relative motion theory is applied to the exact precision-integrated, long-duration, time-fixed terminal rendezvous problem around the oblate Earth for the general elliptic orbit case. The contents are both theoretical and applied, with long-lasting value for aerospace engineers, trajectory designers, professors of orbital mechanics, and students at the graduate level and above. |
