Essential Spaceflight Dynamics and Magnetospherics

• Main Authors: Rauschenbakh, Boris V. (Author), Ovchinnikov, Michael Yu (Author), McKenna-Lawlor, Susan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003.
• Series: Space Technology Library ; 15
• Subjects: Engineering.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Mechanics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astrophysics.; Automotive engineering.; Automotive Engineering.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Applications of Mathematics.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

Essential Spaceflight Dynamics and Magnetospherics describes, in the first instance, some of the key aspects of celestial mechanics and spaceflight dynamics. It begins with classical two and three body problems illustrative of the aesthetic aspects of applying analytical methods of investigation to...

Table of Contents:

• Unperturbed Orbital Motion. Two-Body Problem
• Qualitative Analysis of the Properties of Orbits
• Perturbed Motion
• Gravispheres
• Equations of Motion in Terms of Osculating Elements
• Braking of a SC in the Earth’s Atmosphere
• Terrestrial Nonsphericity and SC Motion
• SC Motion in the Field of Two Attracting Centers
• Elements of SC Manoeuvring Theory
• Interplanetary Trajectory Corrections
• Rendezvous Manoeuvring
• Gravity-Assist Manoeuvre
• About Orbit Determination Using Measured Data
• to Attitude Control
• SC Affected by a Gravity-Gradient Torque
• SC Motion in a Circular Orbit
• SC Motion in an Elliptical Orbit
• A Spinning Axisymmetric SC in Circular Orbit
• Equilibrium of a Gyrostat
• SC Motion Affected by an Aerodynamic Torque
• SC Motion in the Geomagnetic Field
• Motion of a SC under Damping.