Fundamental Spacecraft Dynamics and Control

FUNDAMENTAL SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS AND CONTROL One of the most important topics in aerospace engineering, orbital mechanics is the focus of this comprehensive reference text that includes the astrodynamics around an asteroid, an emergent and increasingly crucial field for next generation space research. Readers are first introduced to the fundamentals before learning advanced concepts such as periodic orbit, the Poincaré map, Lagrange bracket, three body problems, the Lambert problem, and orbital determination. Other relevant topics including perturbed orbit motion and spacecraft control, optimal orbit control and attitude capture are clearly detailed and explained. Covers the most updated contents in spacecraft dynamics and control, both in theory and application, with many special simulation examples and figures Introduces the astrodynamics around asteroids and perturbed orbit motions, concepts increasingly used in space missions Written by an experienced researcher in the field Includes an appendix explaining the basics of attitude dynamics and also exercise problems at the end of every chapter Fundamental Spacecraft Dynamics and Control is a systematic guide based on years of teaching and research on orbital mechanics and attitude control. It will serve as a useful reference for graduate and advanced students of aerospace engineering.