Overview
- Addresses the problem of terminal rendezvous in Earth orbit subjected to perturbations
- Equations can be coded by users to develop flight software
- Provides detailed mathematical derivations and actual solved examples
Part of the book series: Space Technology Library (SPTL, volume 39)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The book has two main objectives. The first is to derive the mathematics of relative motion in near-circular orbit when subjected to perturbations emanating from the oblateness of the Earth, third-body gravity, and atmospheric drag. The mathematics are suitable for quick trajectory prediction and the creation of computer codes and efficient software to solve impulsive maneuvers and fly rendezvous missions.
The second objective of this book is to show how the relative motion theory is applied to the exact precision-integrated, long-duration, time-fixed terminal rendezvous problem around the oblate Earth for the general elliptic orbit case.
The contents are both theoretical and applied, with long-lasting value for aerospace engineers, trajectory designers, professors of orbital mechanics,and students at the graduate level and above.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Dr. Kéchichian received Engineer’s degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Universite de Liege in Wallonie, Belgium in 1971, and his MS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of California atBerkeley in 1976. In 1977, he received his PhD in Aeronautics and Astronautics from Stanford University. From 1979 to 1987, Dr. Kéchichian was a Maneuver and Orbit Determination Analyst at JPL. From 1987 to 1989 he worked as a Senior Engineering Specialist at Ford Aerospace. Dr. Kéchichian then worked as an Engineering Specialist at The Aerospace Corporation from 1989 until his retirement.
Dr. Kéchichian has served a three-year term on the Astrodynamics Technical Committee, acted as session chairman for several Trajectory Optimization Sessions at various AIAA/AAS conferences, and served as a reviewer for the AIAA/AAS/IAF journals besides serving as an Associate Editor for the Journal of the Astronautical Sciences. His book, "Applied Nonsingular Astrodynamics," was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Orbital Relative Motion and Terminal Rendezvous
Book Subtitle: Analytic and Numerical Methods for Spaceflight Guidance Applications
Authors: Jean Albert Kéchichian
Series Title: Space Technology Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64657-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64656-1Published: 13 April 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-64659-2Published: 14 April 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-64657-8Published: 12 April 2021
Series ISSN: 0924-4263
Series E-ISSN: 2542-8896
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 417
Number of Illustrations: 52 b/w illustrations, 100 illustrations in colour
Topics: Aerospace Technology and Astronautics, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics