Orbital relative motion and terminal rendezvous : analytic and numerical methods for spaceflight guidance applications /

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Author / Creator:Kéchichian, Jean Albert, 1945- author.
Imprint:Cham : Springer, [2021]
Description:1 online resource (427 pages).
Language:English
Series:Space technology library ; [v. 39]
Space technology library ; v. 39.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12612335
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ISBN:9783030646578
3030646572
9783030646561
3030646564
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based upon print version of record.
Summary:This book provides a comprehensive analysis of time-fixed terminal rendezvous around the Earth using chemical propulsion. The book has two main objectives. The first is to derive the mathematics of relative motion in near-circular orbit when subjected to perturbations emanating from the oblateness of the Earth, third-body gravity, and atmospheric drag. The mathematics are suitable for quick trajectory prediction and the creation of computer codes and efficient software to solve impulsive maneuvers and fly rendezvous missions. The second objective of this book is to show how the relative motion theory is applied to the exact precision-integrated, long-duration, time-fixed terminal rendezvous problem around the oblate Earth for the general elliptic orbit case. The contents are both theoretical and applied, with long-lasting value for aerospace engineers, trajectory designers, professors of orbital mechanics, and students at the graduate level and above. .
Other form:Print version: Kéchichian, Jean Albert Orbital Relative Motion and Terminal Rendezvous Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2021 9783030646561
Standard no.:10.1007/978-3-030-64657-8