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    <title>Orbital mechanics for engineering students</title>
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    <namePart>Curtis, Howard D.</namePart>
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    <publisher>Butterworth-Heinemann</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2010</dateIssued>
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    <edition>2nd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <extent>xiii, 722 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Dynamics of point masses -- The two-body problem -- Orbital position as a function of time -- Orbits in three dimensions -- Preliminary orbit determination -- Orbital maneuvers -- Relative motion and rendezvous -- Interplanetary trajectories -- Rigid-body dynamics -- Satellite attitude dynamics -- Rocket vehicle dynamics</tableOfContents>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Howard D. Curtis</note>
  <note>Previous ed.: 2005</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index</note>
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    <topic>Orbital mechanics</topic>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781856179546 (hbk. with on line testing)</identifier>
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