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Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) - Softcover

Book 10 of 26: Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering

Hughes, Peter C

 
9780486439259: Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)

Synopsis

From its roots in classical mechanics and reliance on stability theory to the evolution of practical stabilization ideas, this volume covers environmental torques encountered in space; energy dissipation; motion equations for four archetypical systems; orientation parameters; illustrations of key concepts with on-orbit flight data; and typical engineering hardware. 1986 edition.

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Synopsis

This text is a reprint the 1986 edition published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, in which Hughes (formerly an instructor in space systems engineering, U. of Toronto) focuses on spacecraft attitude dynamics--the applied science whose aim is to understand and predict how spacecraft orientation evolves. Written as a reference/textbook for engin

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