Handbook of Space Technology (Hardcover)

MAIN SECTION HEADINGS INCLUDE; Introduction (historical overview, space missions); Fundamentals (orbital mechanics, aerothermodynamics/ reentry, space debris); Launch Vehicles (staged technologies, propulsion systems, launch infrastructure); Space Vehicle Subsystems (structure, energy supply, thermal controls, attitude control, communication); Aspects of Human Flight (man in space, life support systems, rendezvous and docking); Mission Operations (satellite operation, control center, ground station network); Utilization of Space (earth observation, communication navigation, space astronomy, material sciences, space medicine, robotics); Configuration and Design of a Space Vehicle (mission concept, system concept, environmental simulation, system design, Galileo satellites); Management of Space Missions (project management, quality management, cost management, space law).