332 pgs, 1997, McGraw-Hill
ISBN 978-0070701106

This comprehensive introduction to spaceflight dynamics builds a solid foundation in astronautics. It includes information on orbits and spacecraft attitude motion, rocket performance, reentry, inertial navigation, and space environment. Wiesel revised this edition, with a view toward the next century, to account for the latest developments in the field.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Particle Dynamics
2. The Two-Body Problem
3. Earth-Satellite Operations
4. Rigid-Body Dynamics
5. Satellite-Attitude Dynamics
6. Gyroscopic Instruments
7. Rocket Performance
8. Reentry Dynamics
9. The Space Environment
10. The Restricted Three-Body Problem
11. Interplanetary Trajectories
    
    Appendix A: Vectors and Matrices
    Appendix B: Linear Systems
    Appendix C: Astrodynamic Constants