--- product_id: 8796918 title: "Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering)" price: "613 kr" currency: NOK in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.no/products/8796918-spacecraft-attitude-dynamics-dover-books-on-aeronautical-engineering store_origin: NO region: Norway --- # 250+ detailed diagrams & flight data 350+ expertly curated references Comprehensive spacecraft orientation models Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) **Price:** 613 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 🚀 Navigate the cosmos with confidence — your ultimate guide to spacecraft attitude mastery! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) - **How much does it cost?** 613 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.no](https://www.desertcart.no/products/8796918-spacecraft-attitude-dynamics-dover-books-on-aeronautical-engineering) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Deep Dive into Stability:** Explore energy dissipation and environmental torques that impact satellite orientation. - • **Visualize Complex Concepts:** Over 250 diagrams and real on-orbit data bring theory to life for practical understanding. - • **Master the Art of Satellite Control:** Unlock the secrets of precise spacecraft pointing with advanced attitude dynamics. - • **Engineered for Professionals & Students:** Ideal for advanced undergraduates, grads, and engineers seeking cutting-edge insights. - • **A Definitive Reference in Spacecraft Dynamics:** 350+ references and problem sets ensure you stay ahead in aerospace innovation. ## Overview Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics is a comprehensive, expertly illustrated textbook that covers the principles and practical applications of satellite orientation and stabilization. Featuring over 250 diagrams, extensive problem sets, and 350 references, it bridges classical mechanics with modern aerospace engineering, making it an essential resource for advanced students and professionals aiming to master spacecraft control systems. ## Description Pointing a satellite in the right direction requires an extremely complex system — one that describes the satellite's orientation and at the same time predicts and either uses or neutralizes external influences.From its roots in classical mechanics and reliance on stability theory to the evolution of practical stabilization ideas, Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics offers comprehensive coverage of environmental torques encountered in space; energy dissipation and its effects on the attitude stability of spinning bodies; motion equation for four archetypical systems derived and used repeatedly throughout the text; orientation parameters (not limited to Euler angles); illustrations of key concepts with on-orbit flight data; and typical engineering hardware, with examples of the implementation of dynamic ideas.Suitable as a text for advanced undergraduates and graduate students, this unified treatment is also a valuable reference for professional engineers studying the analysis and application of modern spacecraft attitude dynamics. The sole prerequisites are a fundamental knowledge of vector dynamics and matrix algebra. Over 250 diagrams appear throughout the text, along with extensive problem sets at the end of each chapter, 350 references (cited, interpreted, and placed in perspective to reinforce the material), and two helpful appendixes. Review: I will definitely recommend it to a friend - Its great Review: Treats Attitude Dynamics Elegantly - This book spends some time on nomenclature and vectors, focusing on aspects that will help dramatically simplify later material. Overall, the approach to attitude dynamics is elegant and immediately useful, enabling one have an excellent depth of understanding to solve attitude problems creatively. And at this price, it's an impulse buy. I would recommend also Kane's Spacecraft Dynamics as a mathematically intense counterpart, though that's now hard to find. ## Features - Used Book in Good Condition ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #552,067 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #199 in Astronautics & Space Flight #434 in Aeronautics & Astronautics (Books) #605 in Astrophysics & Space Science (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 31 Reviews | ## Images ![Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics (Dover Books on Aeronautical Engineering) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/814Pk6e1YvL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I will definitely recommend it to a friend *by S***R on February 8, 2018* Its great ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Treats Attitude Dynamics Elegantly *by T***E on March 15, 2013* This book spends some time on nomenclature and vectors, focusing on aspects that will help dramatically simplify later material. Overall, the approach to attitude dynamics is elegant and immediately useful, enabling one have an excellent depth of understanding to solve attitude problems creatively. And at this price, it's an impulse buy. I would recommend also Kane's Spacecraft Dynamics as a mathematically intense counterpart, though that's now hard to find. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Still One of the Best Books on the Subject *by J***K on February 8, 2005* Often ignored, the ability to control just where a spacecraft is pointed is absolutely critical to space flight. Without such controls, the Hubble telescope doesn't point in the right direction. The spy satellites don't point at the ground and the re-entry rockets don't point you in the right direction to come home. The first Explorer and Sputnik experiences proved that what we thought we knew about the classical analysis of Newton and others were wrong, or at least incomplete. The realities of space flight intruded into the carefully developed mathematics of classical mechanics. This book reflects the lessons learned and gives a rigorous mathematical introduction to the dynamics of spacecraft control. 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