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• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Swinerd, Graham (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Θέματα: Physics.; Observations, Astronomical.; Astronomy > Observations.; Astronomy.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Astronomy, Observations and Techniques.; Popular Science in Astronomy.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.

About half a century ago a small satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched. The satellite did very little other than to transmit a radio signal to announce its presence in orbit. However, this humble beginning heralded the dawn of the Space Age. Today literally thousands of robotic spacecraft have been lau...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• A Brief History of Space
• Basic Orbits
• Real Orbits
• Beyond Circles and Ellipses
• Getting to Orbit
• Somthing About Environment
• Spacecraft Design
• Subsystem Design I Like Your Attitude
• More Subsystem Design
• Space in the 21st Century
• Space The Final Frontier.