Product Description: Fifty years after Sputnik, artificial satellites have become indispensable monitors in many areas, such as economics, meteorology, telecommunications, navigation and remote sensing. The specific orbits are important for the proper functioning of the satellites...read more

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Product Description: Satellites as they cross the night sky look like moving stars, which can be accurately tracked by an observer with binoculars as well as by giant radars and large cameras. These observations help to determine the satellite's orbit, which is sensitive to the drag of the upper atmosphere and to any irregularities in the gravity field of the Earth...read more

Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, Orbital Mechanics, Second Edition is structured so that you can easily look up the things you need to know. Included in the second edition are two added chapters on Orbital Coverage and on Optimal Low-Thrust Orbit Transfers, updates on several chapters, and basic PC-compatible software, which can be used to solve selected problems in the text. The well-organized chapters cover every basic aspect of orbital mechanics, from celestial relationships to the problems of space debris.

Product Description: The papers contained in this Volume of Proceedings have been collected from an international Workshop entitled 'Mission Design and Implementation of Satellite Constellations' which was held in Toulouse, France, in November 1997. This Workshop represented the first international gathering of the specialists in this currently very active field of research activity...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The Handbook of Geostationary Orbits is based on sixteen years' experience in controlling the orbits of about fifteen geostationary satellites. It provides the necessary theoretical and practical background for engineers and spacecraft operators, but it can also be used as an introductory textbook in space courses at high school or university...read more