Wertz, James Richard.

Mission geometry : orbit and constellation design and management : spacecraft orbit and attitude systems / James R. Wertz ; with contributions by Hans F. Meissinger, Lauri Kraft Newman, Geoffrey N. Smit. - El Segundo, Calif. : Dorfrecht ; Boston : Microcosm Press : Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001. - xiii, 934 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Space technology library ; 13 .

"Preparation of this volume has been sponsored by the Naval Center for Space Technology at the Naval Research Lab under the direction of Marvin Levenson, Attitude Control Section."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

0792371488 (alk. paper)

2001054290


Space trajectories.
Space flight--Planning--Mathematics.
Orbital mechanics.
Geometry.
Space vehicles--Guidance systems.

TL1075 / .W397 2001

629.4/1