An Introduction to Mission Design for Geostationary Satellites

✍ Scribed by J. J. Pocha (auth.)

Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Year: 1987
Tongue: English
Leaves: 236
Series: Space Technology Library 1
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

` The book is a well written and is suitable for a broad range of readers from students to managers interested in learning about the mission design problem and analysis techniques for the geo-synchronous orbit. '
Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal, March 1988

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Launch....Pages 7-28
Transfer Orbit....Pages 29-50
The Apogee Manoeuvre....Pages 51-66
Drift Orbit....Pages 67-79
Station-Keeping....Pages 80-129
Spacecraft Operations....Pages 130-137
Orbit Propagation....Pages 138-163
Tracking and Orbit Determination....Pages 164-198
Spacecraft Stability....Pages 199-213
Back Matter....Pages 214-222

✦ Subjects

Automotive Engineering;Astronomy, Observations and Techniques

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