Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

{{Short description|Aerospace engineering textbook}}

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| alt = Cover of the third edition of Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students

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| 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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{{cite book|last1=Curtis|first1=Howard D.|title=Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students|date=2019|publisher=Butterworth-Heinemann|isbn=978-0-08-102133-0|edition=4th|url=https://www.elsevier.com/books/orbital-mechanics-for-engineering-students/curtis/978-0-08-102133-0}}

{{cite journal|last1=Hall|first1=Christopher|last2=Sandfry|first2=Ralph A.|title=Review of Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students|journal=Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics|date=March 2008|volume=31|issue=2|pages=445–446|doi=10.2514/1.34514|bibcode = 2008JGCD...31..445H }}

{{cite journal|last1=Jablonski|first1=Alexander M.|title=Book Review: Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students|journal=Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal|date=June 2005|volume=51|issue=2|pages=87|doi=10.5589/q05-005|bibcode=2005CaASJ..51...87J}}

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Category:Engineering textbooks

Category:Elsevier books

Category:Astrodynamics

Category:Orbital maneuvers

Category:Spacecraft attitude control

Category:Spacecraft propulsion

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