Navigation and Guidance Workgroup suggested reading

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Suggesting reading for those wanting to contribute to the Navigation and Guidance Workgroup.

Contents 1 Orbital mechanics reading 1.1 Some basics 1.2 General references 1.3 Kinds of orbits and how to achieve them 1.4 Approximations and numerical algorithms 1.5 Textbooks / manuals 2 Navigation reading 2.1 Theory 2.2 Hardware 2.3 Software 3 Guidance reading

[edit] Orbital mechanics reading

[edit] Some basics

• Orbit at Wikipedia
• Oribtal elements at Wikipedia
• Newton's law of universal gravitation at Wikipedia
• Sphere of Influence at Wikipedia
• Delta-v at Wikipedia

[edit] General references

• Orbital Mechancis by Robert A. Braeunig

[edit] Kinds of orbits and how to achieve them

• Parking Orbit at Wikipedia
• Trans Lunar Injection at Wikipedia
• Hohmann Transfer Orbit at Wikipedia
• Free Return Trajectory at Wikipedia
• Launch Window at Wikipedia

[edit] Approximations and numerical algorithms

• Patched Conic Approximation at Wikipedia

[edit] Textbooks / manuals

• Dynamical Systems, the Three-Body Problem and Space Mission Design (free .pdf textbook, largely about low energy transfer orbits)
• Trajectories in the Earth-Moon Space with Symmetrical Free Return Properties (NASA technical note)

[edit] Navigation reading

[edit] Theory

• An Introduction to Inertial Navigation (technical report)
• Inertial Navigation - Forty Years of Evolution (article)

[edit] Hardware

• GPS at Wikipedia
• Invertial Navigation System at Wikipedia

[edit] Software

• Kalman Filter at Wikipedia

[edit] Guidance reading

• Reaction Control System at Wikipedia