Table of Contents

1: The n-body Problem
2: Position in Orbit as a Function of Time
3: The Orbit in Space
4: Lambert's Problem
5: Rocket Dynamics
6: Impulsive Orbit Transfer
7: Interplanetary Mission Analysis
8: Linear Orbit Theory
9: Determination of the Perturbed Orbit
10: Orbit Determination

About the Author

John A. Prussing and Bruce A. Conway are Professors of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Reviews

"[Prussing and Conway] have written up their final-year university course. Here, celestial mechanics is expanded into space aeronautics. The book is a paragon of clarity and has problems and worked examples." --David Hughes (Univ of Sheffield), New Scientist
"Good references and problem sets..." --Choice