1. SPACEFLIGHT DYNAMICS Course 2602 Department of Physics and Astronomy Professor Bob Warwick

2. Course Outline 1. Celestial Mechanics 2. Orbital Properties 3. Orbit Specification 4. The Launch Phase 5. Near-Earth Orbital Manoeuvres 6. Orbital Perturbations 7. Deep Space Missions 8. Future Prospects

3. Further Reading Spacecraft/Systems Spacecraft Systems Engineering Fortescue & Stark 629.47 Rocket Prop. & Spacecraft Dyn. Cornelisse,Schoyer,Wakker 629.411 Space Missions Analysis & Design Wertz & Larson 629.41 Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion Turner 629.475 Celestial Mechanics Orbital Motion Roy 521.3 Fundamentals of Astrodynamics Bates, Mueller and White 629.411 Adventures in Celestial Mechanics Szebehely 521.1 Spaceflight Dynamics Wiesel 629.41 General Interest Starflight Handbook Mallove & Matloff 629.4 Websites http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/

4. Topic I - Celestial Mechanics 1.1 Kepler’s Laws; Newton’s Law of Gravity 1.2 The Many Body Problem 1.3The Two-Body Problem

5. Topic 2 - Orbital Properties 2.1 Types of Conic Section 2.2 Dependence on the Initial Conditions 2.3 Measuring the Position in the Orbit

6. Topic 3 - Orbit Specification 3.1 Reference Frames and Coordinate Systems 3.2 The Orbital Elements 3.3Orbit Determination

7. Topic 4 - The Launch Phase 4.1 Launching Spacecraft from the Earth 4.2 Launch Trajectories 4.3Launch Sites and Ground Stations

8. Ariane V ECA 21,000 kg to LEO 10,500 kg to GTO

9. Automated Transfer Vehicle First launch – July 25 2007

10. Ares V & Ares I Launch Systems

17. Topic 5 - Near-Earth Orbital Manoeuvres 5.1 Adjustment of Orbital Parameters 5.2 Hohmann Transfer to Geosynchronous Orbit 5.3Transfer to Geostationary Orbit

18. Topic 6 - Orbital Perturbations 6.1 Effects due to the Earth’s Gravitational Potential 6.2 Atmospheric Drag, Luni-Solar & Other Perturbations 6.3Station Keeping in Geostationary Orbit

19. Topic 7 - Deep Space Missions 7.1 Planetary `Spheres of Influence’ 7.2 Feasibility Studies of Interplanetary Missions 7.3Computing Interplanetary Trajectories

20. Topic 8 - Future Prospects 8.1 Interstellar Missions 8.2Advanced Propulsion Concepts 8.3 Space Elevators