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This graduate textbook on optimal spacecraft trajectories demonstrates the theory and applications of using the minimum amount of propellant possible to reach a target destination. The author aims to produce the only comprehensive treatment of various aspects of this topic. It includes problems at t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prussing, John E. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press, 2018.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Space trajectories.
Control theory.
Trajectoires spatiales.
Théorie de la commande.
Control theory
Space trajectories
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This graduate textbook on optimal spacecraft trajectories demonstrates the theory and applications of using the minimum amount of propellant possible to reach a target destination. The author aims to produce the only comprehensive treatment of various aspects of this topic. It includes problems at the ends of the chapters and some of the appendices. But it is also suitable as a scholarly reference text as it includes recent research from the author and his colleagues.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191848360
0191848360