Orbital Debris Quarterly Newsletter Vol 12, #2
Ken Murphy / 3:56 pm April 1st, 2008
NASA Orbital Debris Program Office
Orbital Debris Quarterly Newsletter
Vol. 12, #2
04/2008
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Section: HF NavigationSpace Lifestyle Magazine #3Ken Murphy / 8:58 pm December 21st, 2007  Space Lifestyle Magazine #3 STK: Satellite Tool KitKen Murphy / 1:56 am December 21st, 2007  STK: Satellite Tool Kit Librarian’s Note: STK is pretty much the industry-standard software for satellite tracking. It’s come a long way since 2000 when we had a workshop on it during my Masters program at ISU. The basic package is great for an applied mathematics class at the advanced high school level, but probably best suited for introduction at the college level. Special Alert!: AGI has teamed up with the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to apply America’s high tech aerospace tracking systems to following Santa Claus on his global quest to deliver presents/rewards to all of the Good children of the Earth. A special Google YouTube channel has been reserved for the coverage. Details are here! Space Traffic ManagementKen Murphy / 8:53 pm August 1st, 2007  International Space University “Orbiter 2006 Collection CD for ISDC 2007″ (PC-CD)Ken Murphy / 5:15 am May 30th, 2007  Irving, Bruce (a/k/a Flying Singer on Orbiter forums) Librarian’s Note: Mr. Irving was kind enough to present an overview of how to use the Orbiter software at the 2007 ISDC and handed out some complimentary CDs. Thank you, Flying Singer! “Fly Me to the Moon: An Insider’s Guide to the New Science of Space Travel”Ken Murphy / 1:31 am March 10th, 2007 Belbruno, Ed Librarian’s Note: I got to meet Ed at a New York Space Society shindig held at Mars 2112 back in 2000, and that’s where I first learned about this new way of looking at orbital mechanics. “‘Standstill’ My Beating Heart: A Lunar Love Affair”Ken Murphy / 12:05 am March 8th, 2007  Morrow, Cherilynn Librarian’s Note: This is a Lunar love story in 3 acts. The standstill season she’s talking about is part of the Saros cycle, where the Moon returns to the same spot in the sky every 18.6 years (which she doesn’t actually name in the article). This fact is what makes eclipses predictable. And while she notes that the nodes are precessing, the Moon’s position is further complicated by the fact that, IIRC, the line of apsides is also precessing, but in the opposite direction of the precession of the nodes. All told there are somewhere in excess of 150 discrete perturbations on the Moon’s position in its orbit. It’s talked about in one of the really old astronautics books over in the High Frontier: Navigation section, I think “the physical principles of Astronautics” by Berman. “The Earth-Moon CR3BP: A full Atlas of low-energy fast periodic transfer orbits”Ken Murphy / 7:57 pm December 15th, 2006 Leiva, A.M. and C.B. Briozzo Librarian’s Note: CR3BP refers to the Circular Restricted 3-Body Problem in celestial mechanics. “Lots of talk lately concerning the moon”Ken Murphy / 6:18 pm July 24th, 2004 Various contributors Lunar Librarian’s Contributions: “Understanding Space: An Introduction to Astronautics”Ken Murphy / 1:27 pm January 1st, 2004 Sellers, Jerry J. Navigation Systems for Future Space VehiclesKen Murphy / 8:20 pm January 1st, 2003  International Space University “The Basics of Space Flight”Ken Murphy / 1:20 pm February 1st, 2001 Doody, Dave “Fundamentals of Astrodynamics and Applications, 2nd Ed.”Ken Murphy / 1:30 pm January 1st, 2001 Vallado, David A. Librarian’s Note: It doesn’t get more comprehensive than this. Definitely a definitive work. “Satellite Orbits: Models, Methods, Applications”Ken Murphy / 1:23 pm January 1st, 2000 Montenbruck, Oliver and Eberhard Gill “Solar System Dynamics”Ken Murphy / 1:24 pm January 1st, 1999 Murray, Carl D. and Stanley F. Dermott “Modern Astrodynamics: Fundamentals and Perturbation Methods”Ken Murphy / 1:16 pm January 1st, 1996 Bond, Victor R. and Mark C. Allman “Spaceflight Dynamics, Pts. I & II”Ken Murphy / 1:17 pm January 1st, 1995 Carrou, Jean-Pierre “Spaceflight Dynamics”Ken Murphy / 1:30 pm January 1st, 1989 Wiesel, William E. “Adventures in Celestial Mechanics: A First Course in the Theory of Orbits”Ken Murphy / 1:28 pm January 1st, 1989 Szebehely, Victor G. “Orbital Motion, 3rd Ed.”Ken Murphy / 1:25 pm January 1st, 1988 Roy, A.E. “Fundamentals of Celestial Mechanics, 2nd Ed.”Ken Murphy / 1:20 pm January 1st, 1988 Danby, J.M.A. “Introduction to Space Dynamics”Ken Murphy / 1:29 pm January 1st, 1986 Thomson, William T. “Fundamentals of Astrodynamics”Ken Murphy / 1:14 pm January 1st, 1971 Bate, Roger R., Donald D. Mueller & Jerry E. White “An Introduction to Astrodynamics, 2nd Ed.”Ken Murphy / 1:08 pm January 1st, 1967 Baker, Jr., Robert M.L. and Maud W. Makemson “Interplanetary Navigation: Principles and Methods for Journeys to Other Planets”Ken Murphy / 1:24 pm January 1st, 1964 Park, Robert A. and Thomas Magness |
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