APPLIED ORBITAL MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERS : A Practical Guide to Spacecraft Trajectories, Maneuvers, and Mission Design
Language: English
Published by Independently Published Okt 2026, 2026
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- Title
- APPLIED ORBITAL MECHANICS FOR ENGINEERS : A Practical Guide to Spacecraft Trajectories, Maneuvers, and Mission Design
- Author
- Avery T Whitaker
- Publisher
- Independently Published Okt 2026
- Publication year
- 2026
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- Neu
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- Taschenbuch
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798164559656
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- 894 grams
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- 279x216x20 mm
Understanding orbital mechanics is one thing. Applying it to real mission design problems is another. Applied Orbital Mechanics for Engineers bridges that gap by connecting fundamental orbital theory with the calculations engineers use to analyze trajectories, plan maneuvers, and evaluate spacecraft missions.
Starting with reference frames, Keplerian orbits, and orbital elements, this practical engineering textbook progressively develops the tools needed to solve increasingly complex problems. Each chapter builds on the previous material, taking you from foundational equations to trajectory planning and a complete mission design capstone.
Inside this book, you will explore:
• Orbital Mechanics Fundamentals: Understand the two-body problem, orbital energy, classical orbital elements, and Kepler's equation.
• Orbit Determination: Learn methods for determining spacecraft orbits from observations, including the Gibbs, Herrick-Gibbs, and Gauss methods.
• Rocket Equations and Maneuvers: Work through impulsive burns, propellant requirements, delta-v budgets, and propulsion trade-offs.
• Orbital Transfers and Rendezvous: Examine Hohmann and bi-elliptic transfers, plane changes, phasing, and spacecraft proximity operations.
• Real-World Mission Challenges: Study orbital perturbations, interplanetary trajectories, launch windows, orbital injection, and satellite constellation design.
• Worked Examples and Practice Problems: Follow fully solved examples with explicit assumptions, units, and intermediate calculations, then test your understanding with chapter-end problems and final answers.
• Mission Design Capstone: Bring the concepts together in a complete mission design exercise, from launch and orbit selection through stationkeeping and end-of-mission disposal.
Who is this book for?
Designed for aerospace engineering students, graduate learners, and engineers with a foundation in calculus, physics, and linear algebra who want to strengthen their understanding of orbital analysis and spacecraft mission design.
Note: This book is an educational resource. Safety-critical engineering applications require independent verification of calculations and assumptions against current technical standards and qualified engineering review.
Open the first chapter and begin building the analytical skills needed to understand and solve orbital mechanics problems.
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