| Book Name: | Basics of Space Flight |
| Category: | Aerospace Engineering |
| Free Download: | Available |
Basics of Space Flight
Book Description:
How do you get to another planet? Can gravity assist you? How do spacecraft communicate? Broad in scope and with references, Basics of Space Flight identifies the many fields and concepts associated with robotic interplanetary space exploration and shows how they operate together. Popular with teachers, students, and anyone curious about “how they do that.”
Table of contents :
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
I ENVIRONMENT
1 The Solar System
2 Reference Systems
3 Gravitation and Mechanics
4 Interplanetary Trajectories
5 Planetary Orbits
6 Electromagnetic Phenomena
II FLIGHT PROJECTS
7 Mission Inception Overview
8 Experiments
9 Spacecraft Classification
10 Telecommunications
11 Typical Onboard Systems
12 Typical Science Instruments
13 Spacecraft Navigation
III FLIGHT OPERATIONS
14 Launch Phase
15 Cruise Phase
16 Encounter Phase
17 Extended Operations Phase
18 Deep Space Network
IV REFERENCE
Units of Measure
Glossary
Index
