Interplanetary Mission Analysis and Design

• Main Author: Kemble, Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Series: Springer Praxis Books
• Subjects: Engineering.; Space sciences.; Vibration.; Dynamical systems.; Dynamics.; Automotive engineering.; Aerospace engineering.; Astronautics.; Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Vibration, Dynamical Systems, Control.; Automotive Engineering.

The book describes current mission analysis and design techniques that may be applied to a very wide range of interplanetary missions from those targeting the inner planets to those destined for the outer planets and Solar System escape trajectories. The early chapters comprise an introduction and a...

Table of Contents:

• Interplanetary missions
• Spacecraft propulsion
• Optimisation
• Special techniques
• Missions to the planets.