num_pages: 480
description: 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.
language: English
title: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics
titlecomplete: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)
genres: Engineering, Reference, Astronomy, Science, Physics, Nonfiction, Education, Space, Textbooks
ratings_count: 287
publisher: Dover Publications