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• Aug 1, 2025

Orbital Mechanics By John E Prussing Bruce A Conway

ysics, engaging deeply with this text will provide a strong, mathematically grounded foundation and inspire innovative solutions to the challenges of spaceflight. orbital mechanics, john e prussing, bruce a conway, astrodynamics, satel

BY Hardy Kiehn Jr.

• May 11, 2026

Orbital Mechanics Prussing

ork. These variables simplify the equations and improve numerical stability. The key functions involved are the Stumpff functions (\(C(z)\) and \(S(z)\)), which generalize trigonometric and hyperbolic functions: \[ C(z) = \begin{cases} \frac{1 - \cos \sqrt{z}}

BY Eileen Schumm-Emard