scope:

Thorough coverage of space flight topics with selfcontained chapters serving a variety of courses in orbital mechanics, spacecraft dynamics, and astronautics

This concise yet comprehensive book on space flight dynamics addresses all phases of a space mission: getting to space (launch trajectories), satellite motion in space (orbital motion, orbit transfers, attitude dynamics), and returning from space (entry flight mechanics). It focuses on orbital mechanics with emphasis on twobody motion, orbit determination, and orbital maneuvers with applications in Earthcentered missions and interplanetary missions.

Space Flight Dynamics presents wideranging information on a host of topics not always covered in competing books. It discusses relative motion, entry flight mechanics, lowthrust transfers, rocket propulsion fundamentals, attitude dynamics, and attitude control. The book is filled with illustrated concepts and realworld examples drawn from the space industry. Additionally, the book includes a "computational toolbox" composed of MATLAB Mfiles for performing space mission analysis.

Key features:

Provides practical, realworld examples illustrating key concepts throughout the book

Accompanied by a website containing MATLAB Mfiles for conducting space mission analysis

Presents numerous space flight topics absent in competing titles

Space Flight Dynamics is a welcome addition to the field, ideally suited for upperlevel undergraduate and graduate students studying aerospace engineering.

Author: Craig A. Kluever