Short description This textbook is based on the author's extensive teaching and work with students, backed by numerous examples drawn from his own experience as a crewmember of the shuttle mission. With chapter-end examples and problems.
From the contents 1. Rocket Fundamentals 2. Rocket Flight 3. Rocket Staging 4. Thermal Propulsion 5. Electric Propulsion 6. Ascent Flight 7. Orbits 8. Orbit Transitions 9. Interplanetary Flight 10. Reentry 11. Three-Body Problem 12. Orbit Perturbations 13. Coordinate Systems 14. Orbit Determination 15. Rigid Body Dynamics
