460 PGS, 2002, AIAA
  ISBN 978-1563475375

The emphasis of Orbital Mechanics is on applied and engineering aspects of the subject, to be useful for students and practicing engineers. After briefly reviewing the basics, the book addresses orbital maneuvers, systems, and perturbations as well as interplanetary trajectories.

  TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Basic Concepts
2. Celestial Relationships
3. Keplerian Orbits
4. Position and Velocity as a Function of Time
5. Orbital Maneuvers
6. Complications to Impulsive Maneuvers
7. Relative Motion in Orbit
8. Introduction to Orbit Perturbations
9. Orbit Perturbations: Mathematical Foundations
10. Applications of Orbit Perturbations
11. Orbital Systems
12. Lunar and Interplanetary Trajectories
13. Space Debris
14. Optimal Low-Thrust Orbit Transfer
15. Orbital Coverage