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Spacecraft systems engineering

Peter W. Fortescue, Editor ; John Stark, Editor ; Graham Swinerd, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2011

This fourth edition of Spacecraft Systems Engineering provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of all the different areas of engineering required in the design and implementation of spacecraft and space missions. The authors describe the [...]

Spacecraft systems engineering

Peter W. Fortescue, Editor ; John Stark, Editor ; Graham Swinerd, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2011

This fourth edition of Spacecraft Systems Engineering provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of all the different areas of engineering required in the design and implementation of spacecraft and space missions. The authors describe the [...]

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How spacecraft fly : spaceflight without formulae

Graham Swinerd | [S.l.] : Praxis Publishing | 2008

About half a century ago a small satellite, Sputnik 1, was lauched. The satellite did very little other than to transmit a radio signal to announce its presence in orbit. However, this humble beginning heralded the dawn of the Space Age. Today l[...]

How spacecraft fly : spaceflight without formulae

Graham Swinerd | [S.l.] : Praxis Publishing | 2008

The aim of this popular science text is to explain aerodynamic and astrodynamic flight without the use of mathematics, in an informal style, for non-technical readers who are interested in spaceflight and spacecraft. The book will open with a co[...]

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Spacecraft systems engineering

Peter W. Fortescue ; John P.W. Stark ; Graham Swinerd | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2003