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Contents
Acknowledgments viii
About the Authors viii
Preface ix
CHAPTER 1
Introduction and History 1
Uses of Space, 1. History of Spaceflight, 3. ReferencedAdditional
Reading, 23. Exercises, 23.
PART 1
SPACE SCIENCES
CHAPTER 2
Orbital Principles 26
Orbital Principles, 28. Orbital Elements, 38. Orbital Properties, 39.
Useful Orbits, 44. Orbit Establishment and Orbital Maneuvers, 47.
ReferencedAdditional Reading, 5 1. Exercises, 5 1.
CHAPTER 3
Propulsion 53
First Principles, 54. Orbit Establishment and Orbital Maneuvers, 63.
ReferencedAdditional Reading, 74. Exercises, 74.
CHAPTER 4
Spacecraft Environment 76
The Sun, 76. The Earth, 87. Spacecraft Effects, 97.
ReferencedAdditional Reading, 101. Exercises, 101.
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