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Click to enlargeFundamentals of Astrodynamics

Roger Bate
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ISBN: 0486600610
Page Count: 455
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Teaching text developed by U.S. Air Force Academy and designed as a first course emphasizes the universal variable formulation. Develops the basic two-body and n-body equations of motion; orbit determination; classical orbital elements, coordinate transformations; differential correction; more. Includes specialized applications to lunar and interplanetary flight, example problems, exercises. 1971 edition.

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