"This reviewer strongly recommends this back-to-basics book on spacecraft dynamics and control to the engineering
libraries and to those entering aerospace engineering schools and aerospace engineering practice. Again, the author
successfully achieved his stated goal of bringing practical engineering reality into early aerospace education
and it makes his book, Spacecraft Dynamics and Control well worth reading and keeping as a unique reference."
--Applied Mechanics Reviews
"One especially useful feature of the book is the extensive use of specific examples illustrating the various
topics...I am confident that anyone working in the field of spacecraft dynamics will find plenty of useful material
in this book. The book will also be useful as a textbook for a one- or two-semester course at the senior or first-year
graduate student level."
--Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets
Cambridge University Press Web Site, March, 2001
Summary
Used increasingly in telecommunications, scientific research, surveillance, and meteorology, satellites rely
heavily on complex onboard control systems. This book explains the basic theory of spacecraft dynamics and control
and the practical aspects of controlling a satellite. The emphasis is on analyzing and solving real-world engineering
problems. Among the topics covered are orbital dynamics, attitude dynamics, gravity gradient stabilization, single
and dual spin stabilization, attitude maneuvers, attitude stabilization, and structural dynamics and liquid sloshing.