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Oxford Optimal Spacecraft Trajectories 2018 Edition by John E. Prussing
This graduate textbook on optimal spacecraft trajectories demonstrates the theory and applications of using the minimum amount of propellant possible to reach a target destination. The author aims to produce the only comprehensive treatment of various aspects of this topic. It includes problems at the ends of the chapters and some of the appendices. But it is also suitable as a scholarly reference book as it includes recent research from the author and hiscolleagues. Table of contents : - 1: Parameter Optimization2: Rocket Trajectories3: Optimal Control Theory4: Optimal Trajectories5: Improving a Nonoptimal Impulsive Trajectories6: Continuous-Thrust Trajectories7: Cooperative Rendezvous8: Second Order ConditionsA: Lagrange Multiplier InterpretationB: Hohmann TransferC: Optimal Impulsive Linear SystemsD: Linear System TheoryE: Maximum Range Using Continuous Thrust in a Uniform Gravitational FieldF: Quadratic FormsG: Simple Conjugate Point Example