How Spacecraft Fly Spaceflight Without Formulae /

• Main Author: Swinerd, Graham (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Subjects: 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...

Table of Contents:

• 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.