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Analytical Mechanics of Space Systems, Fourth Edition iterates on an already mature text by expanding some developments and discussions, as well as by including new content from spacecraft dynamics research over the last decade. It provides comprehensive treatment of dynamics of space systems, start...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schaub, Hanspeter (Author), Junkins, John L. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Reston, Virginia : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc., [2018].
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:AIAA education series.
Subjects:
Celestial mechanics.
Differentiable dynamical systems.
Orbital mechanics.
Space vehicles > Control systems.
Space vehicles > Command control systems.
Table of Contents:
  • Basic mechanics. Particle kinematics
  • Newtonian mechanics
  • Rigid body kinematics
  • Eulerian mechanics
  • Generalized methods of analytical dynamics
  • Variational methods in analytical dynamics
  • Hamilton's generalized formulations of analytical dynamics
  • Nonlinear spacecraft stability and control
  • Celestial mechanics. Classical two-body problem
  • Restricted three-body problem
  • Gravitational potential field models
  • Perturbation methods
  • Transfer orbits
  • Spacecraft formation flying
  • Appendixes.