Satellite Orbits
Subtitle: Models, Methods and Applications
Edition: 1st ed. 2000. Corr. 3rd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: September 19, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9783540672807
Subjects: Aerospace & aviation technology; Astronautics; Astrophysics; Space travel & exploration; Orbits; Astrodynamics; Science; Science/Mathematics; Aeronautics & Astronautics; Astrophysics & Space Science; Satellites; Science / Astronomy; celestial mechanics; space flights; Artificial Satellites; Astronomy - General
First sentence: Even though the first man-made spacecraft was only launched in 1957, satellite orbits had already been already studied two centuries before this.