The most complete guide to space-related data sources available. This one-stop volume provides many types of information, not just units and planetary data: from addresses of space-related web sites to listings of books and software to schools and universities offering astronautics courses...and much more!

1997 Microcosm Directory of Space Technology Data Sources

Microcosm, Inc

Orbit and Constellation Design and Management (OCDM) provides greatly expanded detail on many topics first introduced in the 2 of the earlier Wertz works - Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control (SADC) and Space Mission Analysis and Design (SMAD). If these two books got you started in mission engineering and you need more detail on the key area of Spacecraft Orbit and Attitude Systems (SOAS), then this book provides more detail in SOAS requirements definition, mission geometry, orbit and constellation design, relative motion of satellites, observation and measurement systems engineering, orbit control and management, and similar topics.

Orbit and Constellation Design and Management (Space Technology Library, Vol. 13) - Renewed Edition by James R Wertz (2001) Paperback

Science & Math

James R. Wertz

Astronomy & Space Science

The Logic of Microspace provides the reader with the technical and managerial tools and perspectives to lead a microspace program. But more importantly, the reader gains the desire to use small, low-cost space missions to create a better program, a better project, and even a better world. Rick's humor and sincere enthusiasm, his deep, native understanding of the field, are contagious. The Logic of Microspace is the fastest route to an infusion of infectious new ideas you won't want to resist.

The Logic of Microspace (The Space Technology Library, Vol. 9)

Rick Fleeter

The second edition features several exciting changes to this exceptional book. 30 pages longer than the original, there are ground illumination calculations, Moon rise and set data, a listing of relevant Internet sites. Moreover there are improved and expanded discussions of coordinate systems, orbit determination and differential correction, along with FREE Software available in Fortran, Pascal and C! 
Summary 
The increased power of microcomputers has changed the study of perturbations perhaps more than any other subfield of astrodynamics, but students and practitioners still need a compendium of well-documented algorithms to use that power. Vallado's book is just such a compendium, integrating two-body dynamics with perturbation methods and real-world applications while consolidating recent literature about coordinates and fundamental concepts. It attempts to use new programming capabilities to exploit the keys for the future-- standardizing, documenting, modularity, efficiency, and maintainability. 
Ample algorithms, numbered and handily summarized at the beginning of the book, and extensive derivations have been included to save time often spent recreating something that has already been proven. The author cites many references and alternative methods to expand understanding of the topics discussed

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, 2nd. ed. (The Space Technology Library)

Vallado, David A.

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1997 Microcosm Directory of Space Technology Data Sources

Orbit and Constellation Design and Management (Space Technology Library, Vol. 13) - Renewed Edition by James R Wertz (2001) Paperback

The Logic of Microspace (The Space Technology Library, Vol. 9)

Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, 2nd. ed. (The Space Technology Library)