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Orbital transfer (Space flight) --- Space trajectories.

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This essential book describes the mathematical formulations and subsequent computer simulations required to accurately project the trajectory of spacecraft and rockets in space, using the formalism of optimal control for minimum-time transfer in general elliptic orbit. The material will aid research students in aerospace engineering, as well as practitioners in the field of spaceflight dynamics, in developing simulation software to carry out trade studies useful in vehicle and mission design. It will teach readers to develop flight software for operational applications in autonomous mode, so to actually transfer space vehicles from one orbit to another. The practical, real-life applications discussed will give readers a clear understanding of the mathematics of orbit transfer, allow them to develop their own operational software to fly missions, and to use the contents as a research tool to carry out even more complex analyses.

Orbital transfer (Space flight) --- Trajectory optimization. --- Space trajectories.

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Space flights. --- Space vehicles --- Orbital transfer (Space flight) --- Propulsion systems. --- Mars (Planet)

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When a leaf falls on a windy day, it drifts and tumbles, tossed every which way on the breeze. This is chaos in action. In Fly Me to the Moon, Edward Belbruno shows how to harness the same principle for low-fuel space travel--or, as he puts it, "surfing the gravitational field." Belbruno devised one of the most exciting concepts now being used in space flight, that of swinging through the cosmos on the subtle fluctuations of the planets' gravitational pulls. His idea was met with skepticism until 1991, when he used it to get a stray Japanese satellite back on course to the Moon. The successful rescue represented the first application of chaos to space travel and ushered in an emerging new field. Part memoir, part scientific adventure story, Fly Me to the Moon gives a gripping insider's account of that mission and of Belbruno's personal struggles with the science establishment. Along the way, Belbruno introduces readers to recent breathtaking advances in American space exploration. He discusses ways to capture and redirect asteroids; presents new research on the origin of the Moon; weighs in on discoveries like 2003 UB313 (now named Eris), a dwarf planet detected in the far outer reaches of our solar system--and much more. Grounded in Belbruno's own rigorous theoretical research but written for a general audience, Fly Me to the Moon is for anybody who has ever felt moved by the spirit of discovery.

Gravity assist (Astrodynamics) --- Celestial mechanics --- Chaotic behavior in systems --- Many-body problem --- n-body problem --- Problem of many bodies --- Problem of n-bodies --- Mechanics, Analytic --- Chaos in systems --- Chaos theory --- Chaotic motion in systems --- Differentiable dynamical systems --- Dynamics --- Nonlinear theories --- System theory --- Gravitational astronomy --- Mechanics, Celestial --- Astrophysics --- Mechanics --- Low energy transfers (Astrodynamics) --- Swingby technique (Astrodynamics) --- Orbital transfer (Space flight) --- Outer space --- Exploration

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This book uses the entire flying process, starting from ground launching of the orbital transfer vehicle (OTV) to injecting payload into earth synchronous orbit, as an example for real-world engineering practices. It discusses in detail the analysis design and integrated OTV navigation and guidance system technologies in combination with the engineering experiences of the authors in analysis, design and integrated OTV navigation and guidance system applications, and the research on navigation and guidance theories. It focuses on establishing motion of air vehicle equations, control system hardware components, orbit prediction technology, inertial navigation and initial alignment technologies, INS/GNSS integrated navigation technologies, INS/CNS integrated navigation technologies, redundant fault tolerance and failure reconfiguration technology of inertial sensors, guidance and midcourse correction technologies and orbit control strategies. The book is a valuable reference book for the engineers, technicians and researchers who are engaged in analysis, design and integrated application of OTV navigation and guidance control systems. It can also be used as teaching material for postgraduates and senior undergraduates majoring in OTV navigation and guidance systems and other related subjects.

Engineering. --- Aerospace engineering. --- Astronautics. --- Control engineering. --- Robotics. --- Mechatronics. --- Aerospace Technology and Astronautics. --- Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics). --- Control, Robotics, Mechatronics. --- Space vehicles --- Orbital transfer (Space flight) --- Guidance systems. --- Control systems. --- Guidance systems (Flight) --- Orbit transfer (Space flight) --- Transfer orbits (Space flight) --- Transfer trajectories --- Space flight --- Space trajectories --- Flight control --- Electronic equipment --- Astrophysics. --- Astronomical physics --- Astronomy --- Cosmic physics --- Physics --- Space sciences --- Aeronautics --- Astrodynamics --- Space sciences. --- Automation --- Machine theory --- Control engineering --- Control equipment --- Control theory --- Engineering instruments --- Programmable controllers --- Science and space --- Space research --- Cosmology --- Science --- Mechanical engineering --- Microelectronics --- Microelectromechanical systems --- Aeronautical engineering --- Astronautics --- Engineering