Spacecraft Mission Design (2nd ed.)

Citation

(1998), "Spacecraft Mission Design (2nd ed.)", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 70 No. 5. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.1998.12770eae.005

Spacecraft Mission Design (2nd ed.)

Spacecraft Mission Design (2nd ed.)

Charles D. BrownAmerican Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics1998ISBN 1 56347 262 7210 pp£55.00

Keywords Aerospace, Missions, Publication

Spacecraft Mission Design (2nd ed.) takes the shortest 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.

This second 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 all 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. Any major body in the solar system may be used as the central body.

Contents: Introduction; Two-Body Motion; Orbital Manoeuvres; Observing the Central Body; Special Earth Orbits; Interplanetary Missions; Lunar Trajectories; Appendices.

For further details contact AIAA. Tel: +44 (0) 171 399 0603.