Mission techniques and orbital mechanics for interplanetary spacecraft
Abstract
General equations of spacecraft motion are presented and the interplanetary rendezvous problem is treated in a simplified force model. The principles of the use of gravitational perturbations during a flyby of a celestial body are exposed, using Venus, Earth, Mars, and Jupiter as examples. Orbit determination through range and range rate tracking is described. Propulsion and attitude control are discussed.
- Publication:
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In ESA The Solar System and its Exploration p 13-22 (SEE N82-26087 16-88
- Pub Date:
- November 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981ssex.rept...13P
- Keywords:
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- Interplanetary Flight;
- Orbital Mechanics;
- Swingby Technique;
- Earth-Mars Trajectories;
- Earth-Venus Trajectories;
- Equations Of Motion;
- Range And Range Rate Tracking;
- Rendezvous Trajectories;
- Satellite Attitude Control;
- Spacecraft Propulsion;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking