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12.501995 blue softcover in very good+ condition; slight wear to covers, good binding, a few stamps covering marks, no marks inside. US media mail only for shipping. For foreign shipping use Biblio Export Center.The material in this book is essential for engineers studying and working in the field of spacecraft design. Its emphasis is on the bus rather than the payload. The working of spacecraft systems of various types are described?mechanical, electrical, propulsion, thermal, control, etc., both on-board and ground-based?together with essential disciplines which ensure that they work reliably and in harmony with each other. The scene is set by a description of the operating environments of the spacecraft, and of the fundamental dynamic behaviour that governs its trajectory and its orientation. This is then translated into options that meet specific mission objectives that are set by the payload. This second edition is an update of the first, and includes two extra chapters. The first is on…
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Spacecraft Systems Engineering Paperback - 1995 - 2nd Edition
by Peter Fortescue (Editor); John Stark (Editor)
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Spacecraft operation is characterized by its remoteness from the Earth and thus the loss of the Earth's protective shield, namely the atmosphere.
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- Title Spacecraft Systems Engineering
- Author Peter Fortescue (Editor); John Stark (Editor)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 2nd
- Edition 2
- Pages 600
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Wiley, Chichester, England
- Date August 30, 1995
- ISBN 9780471952206 / 0471952206
- Weight 2.54 lbs (1.15 kg)
- Dimensions 9.58 x 6.6 x 1.47 in (24.33 x 16.76 x 3.73 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Space vehicles - Design and construction, Astronautics - Systems engineering
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94042861
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.474
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