Analytical Mechanics of space systems: Fourth Edition [Bookshelf]

Spacecraft dynamics and control is an exciting discipline that incorporates fundamental areas of particle and rigid-body dynamics as well as advanced areas of astrodynamics and nonlinear control theory. The current fourth edition of this book serves as an excellent resource for use by researchers or practicing engineers or in the classroom. A colleague who teaches advanced dynamics recently stated that this text “is now the best aerospace-focused first graduate dynamics book available.” The book is divided into 14 chapters and nine appendices. The first eight chapters comprise Part 1, “Basic Mechanics,” and the remaining chapters comprise Part 2, “Celestial Mechanics.” The difficulty level moves from the undergraduate level in the first few chapters to advanced graduate-level material by the end. The contents provide versatility for use in undergraduate and graduate-level courses on Newtonian dynamics, orbital mechanics, spacecraft attitude dynamics and control, analytical dynamics, and nonlinear control. This fourth edition has been updated by including new discussions of various topics and adding examples,