Spacecraft mission design
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Spacecraft mission design
（AIAA education series）
AIAA, c1998
2nd ed
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The 2nd edition of Spacecraft Mission Design takes a short route to practical understanding of mission design. It focuses on the most general and most practical tools needed for the early spacecraft design studies, including the principles of two-body motion, definition of orbits, orbital manoeuvres and central body observation. The use of elementary mathematics makes this concise book ideal for college upperclassmen, graduates and practising engineers or managers. There are enough worked examples that one can be self-taught. This 2nd edition includes astronomical reference material, sections on constellations, lunar trajectories, and cycler orbits. In addition, the ORBWIN AIAA Mission Design software has been totally rewritten to make it easier to use and compatible with Windows. ORBWIN allows you to proceed directly from understanding into professional work. It provides the accuracy, speed and convenience of personal computing.It defines orbital elements for any orbit, provides the parameters at any orbital point, calculates spacecraft horizon, instrument field of view, orbit perturbations, ground track, planetary ephemeris, conversion of Julian days, oblique triangle solutions, and propellant weight projections.
Table of Contents
Part 1 Introduction: Arrangement of the Book
ORBWIN - AIAA Mission Design Software
Study of Two-Body Motion. Part 2 Two-Body Motion: Circular Orbits
General Solution
Elliptical Orbits
Parabolic Orbits
Hyperbolic Orbits
Time Systems: Coordinate Systems
Classical Orbital Elements
Problems. Part 3 Orbital Manoeuvres: In-Plane Orbit Changes
Hohmann Transfer
Bielliptical Transfer
Plane Changes
Combined Manoeuvres
Propulsion for Manoeuvres
Problems. Part 4 Observing the Central Body: Effect of the Launch Site
Orbit Perturbations
Ground Track
Spacecraft Horizon
Constellations
Problems. Part 5 Special Earth Orbits: Geosynchronous Orbit
Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Molniya Orbit
Low Earth Orbit
Problems. Part 6 Interplanetary Missions: Patched Conic Approximation
Highly Simplified Example
Patched Conic Procedure
Locating the Planets
Design of the Transfer Ellipse
Design of the Departure Trajectory
Design of the Arrival Trajectory
Gravity-Assist Manoeuvre
Cycler Orbits
Establishing a Planetary Orbit. Part 7 Lunar Trajectories
Motion of the Earth-Moon System
Time of Flight and Injection Velocity
Sphere of Influence
Lunar Patched Conic
Problems
Appendix A - ORBWIN - AIAA Mission Design Software for Windows
Appendix B - Mission Design Glossary
Appendix C - Mission Design Data.
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