Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
{{Short description|Aerospace engineering textbook}}
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| name = Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
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| alt = Cover of the third edition of Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students
| caption = Third edition
| author = Howard D. Curtis
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| series = Elsevier Aerospace Engineering Series
| subject = Orbital mechanics
| published = 2010 (Butterworth-Heinemann)
| pages = 792 (4th ed.)
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| isbn = 978-0-08-102133-0
| isbn_note = (4th ed.)
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Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students is an aerospace engineering textbook by Howard D. Curtis, in its fourth edition {{as of|2019|lc=y}}.{{r|curtis}} The book provides an introduction to orbital mechanics, while assuming an undergraduate-level background in physics, rigid body dynamics, differential equations, and linear algebra.{{r|hall}}{{r|jablonski}}
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.{{r|jablonski}} The text focuses primarily on orbital mechanics, but also includes material on rigid body dynamics, rocket vehicle dynamics, and attitude control.{{r|hall}}{{r|jablonski}} Control theory and spacecraft control systems are less thoroughly covered.{{r|jablonski}}
The textbook includes exercises at the end of each chapter, and supplemental material is available online, including MATLAB code for orbital mechanics projects.{{r|hall}}
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