Table of Contents

• Preface
• List of Symbols
• Chapter 1. Rocket Fundamentals
• Chapter 2. Rocket Flight
• Chapter 3. Rocket Staging
• Chapter 4. Thermal Propulsion
• Chapter 5. Electric Propulsion
• Chapter 6. Ascent Flight
• Chapter 7. Orbits
• Chapter 8. Orbit Transitions
• Chapter 9. Interplanetary Flight
• Chapter 10. Reentry
• Chapter 11. Three-Body Problem
• Chapter 12. Orbit Perturbations
• Chapter 13. Coordinate Systems
• Chapter 14. Orbit Determination
• Chapter 15. Rigid Body Dynamics
• Appendix A: Astrodynamic Parameters
• Appendix B: Approximate Analytical Solution for Uneven Staging
• Color Plates
• References
• Index