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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
Electronic books.
Textbooks
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Parameter optimization
  • Rocket trajectories
  • Optimal control theory
  • Optimal trajectories
  • Improving a nanoptimal impulsive trajectory
  • Continuous-thrust trajectories
  • Cooperative rendezvous
  • Second-order conditions
  • Appendices
  • References
  • Index.