Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

Short description: Aerospace engineering textbook

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

Third edition

Author| Howard D. Curtis
Series| Elsevier Aerospace Engineering Series
Subject| Orbital mechanics
Published| 2010 (Butterworth-Heinemann)
Pages| 792 (4th ed.)
ISBN| 978-0-08-102133-0 (4th ed.)

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students is an aerospace engineering textbook by Howard D. Curtis, in its fourth edition as of 2019[update].[1] The book provides an introduction to orbital mechanics, while assuming an undergraduate-level background in physics, rigid body dynamics, differential equations, and linear algebra.[2][3]

Topics covered by the text include a review of kinematics and Newtonian dynamics, the two-body problem, Kepler's laws of planetary motion, orbit determination, orbital maneuvers, relative motion and rendezvous, and interplanetary trajectories.[3] The text focuses primarily on orbital mechanics, but also includes material on rigid body dynamics, rocket vehicle dynamics, and attitude control.[2][3] Control theory and spacecraft control systems are less thoroughly covered.[3]

The textbook includes exercises at the end of each chapter, and supplemental material is available online, including MATLAB code for orbital mechanics projects.[2]

## References

1. ↑ Curtis, Howard D. (2019). Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students (4th ed.). Butterworth-Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-08-102133-0. https://www.elsevier.com/books/orbital-mechanics-for-engineering-students/curtis/978-0-08-102133-0.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hall, Christopher; Sandfry, Ralph A. (March 2008). "Review of Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students". Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics 31 (2): 445–446. doi:10.2514/1.34514. Bibcode: 2008JGCD...31..445H.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Jablonski, Alexander M. (June 2005). "Book Review: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students". Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal 51 (2): 87. doi:10.5589/q05-005. Bibcode: 2005CaASJ..51...87J.

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