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How spacecraft fly : spaceflight without formulae /

"About half a century ago a small satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched. The satellite did very little other than to transmit a radio signal to announce its presence in orbit. However, this humble beginning heralded the dawn of the Space Age. Today literally thousands of robotic spacecraft have be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Swinerd, Graham
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Copernicus Books : in association with Praxis Pub., ©2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A brief history of space
  • Basic orbits
  • Real orbits
  • Beyond circles and ellipses
  • Getting to orbit
  • Something about environment
  • Spacecraft design
  • Subsystem design : I like your attitude
  • More subsystem design
  • Space in the 21st century
  • Space : the final frontier?