Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students : Revised Reprint
1. Dynamics of Point Masses 2. The Two-Body Problem 3. Orbital Position as a Function of Time 4. Orbits in Three Dimensions 5. Preliminary Orbit Determination 6. Orbital Maneuvers 7. Relative Motion and Rendezvous 8.
Interplanetary Trajectories 9. Lunar Trajectories 10. Introduction to Orbital Perturbations 11. Rigid Body Dynamics 12. Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics 13. Rocket Vehicle Dynamics Appendix A Physical Data Appendix B A Road Map Appendix C Numerical Integration of the N-Body Equations of Motion Appendix D MATLAB Scripts Appendix E Gravitational Potential of a Sphere Appendix F Computing the Difference Between Nearly Equal Numbers Appendix G Direction Cosine Matrix in Terms of the Unit Quaternion.