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    Spacecraft flight dynamics is the application of mechanical dynamics to model how the external forces acting on a space vehicle or spacecraft determine...
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  • Flight dynamics in aviation and spacecraft, is the study of the performance, stability, and control of vehicles flying through the air or in outer space...
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  • static stability Directional stability Reaction control system Spacecraft_flight_dynamics#Attitude_control Triad method Wahba's problem "Chapter 11. Typical...
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    characterized by "inertial waves" and can be an important effect in spinning spacecraft dynamics. Extensive mathematical and empirical relationships have been derived...
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  • solution File dynamics, stochastic motion of particles in a channel Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design Molecular dynamics, the study...
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  • to the Earth for data transmission. Attitude control (spacecraft) Flight dynamics (spacecraft) Reaction control system "PIA14805: A Sideways Glance"...
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  • Delta-v (category Spacecraft propulsion)
    pronounced /dɛltə viː/, as used in spacecraft flight dynamics, is a measure of the impulse per unit of spacecraft mass that is needed to perform a maneuver...
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    Space Flight Center. Archived from the original on October 24, 2020. Retrieved January 15, 2012. European Space Agency, "Spacecraft flight dynamics Archived...
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  • and yaw. Space flight simulators use flight dynamics in a free environment; this free environment lets the spacecraft move within the three-dimensional coordinate...
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    and variations in the solar irradiance. The SDO spacecraft was developed at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and launched on...
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    velocity"), symbolised as Δv and pronounced delta-vee, as used in spacecraft flight dynamics, is a measure of the impulse that is needed to perform a maneuver...
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    equipment and Guidance, Navigation, and Control (GNC) flight software for the Psyche spacecraft did not give them enough time to complete the required...
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    glider. Aerodynamics Aircraft flight control system Euler angles Fixed-wing aircraft Flight control surfaces Flight dynamics Moving frame Panning (camera)...
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    full mission successes, one partial failure and one total loss of the spacecraft. In addition, one rocket and its payload were destroyed on the launch...
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    EscaPADE (redirect from Escapade spacecraft)
    and Plasma Acceleration and Dynamics Explorers (ESCAPADE) is a planned spacecraft mission to Mars consisting of two spacecraft known as Blue and Gold. The...
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    spacecraft communicator communicates directly with the crew of a crewed space flight. The acronym dates back to Project Mercury when the spacecraft was...
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    9, 2008. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) spacecraft Launch Event at Goddard Space Flight Center. File Unit: 2009, 2006 - 2011. "NASA - Goddard...
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  • aircraft or launch vehicles and reusable spacecraft at the atmospheric phase of flight. Instrumentation systems for flight testing are developed using specialized...
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    Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted. It was renamed...
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  • velocity"), symbolised as ∆v and pronounced delta-vee, as used in spacecraft flight dynamics, is a measure of the impulse that is needed to perform a maneuver...
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  • 11 December 2007. Code named Program 863-706, the Chinese name of this spacecraft was revealed as "Shenlong Spaceplane" (神龙空天飞机). These images, possibly...
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    Lockheed Martin and operated by NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, the spacecraft was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on August 5, 2011 UTC...
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    structure of the planet, including its density distribution and dynamics. The spacecraft was designed and built by the Martin Marietta Company, and the...
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    balloons, etc.) and rockets which may propel spacecraft and spaceplanes. The engineering aspects of flight are the purview of aerospace engineering which...
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    mechanics treats more broadly the orbital dynamics of systems under the influence of gravity, including both spacecraft and natural astronomical bodies such...
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    December 2005 during its extended mission and was declared lost. The spacecraft was part of NASA's Sun-Earth Connections Program, and its data has been...
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    custom flight models for hot air balloons and spacecraft. JSBSim is a data driven flight dynamics engine with a C++ core built to the needs of the FlightGear...
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  • Hayabusa spacecraft, the Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite, and the Dawn spacecraft, which developed problems or even failed. On August...
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    current spacecraft mostly rely on very expensive and sometimes fragile materials for their heat shields. The namesake idea for the sharp-edged flight experiment...
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    Spacecraft electric propulsion (or just electric propulsion) is a type of spacecraft propulsion technique that uses electrostatic or electromagnetic fields...
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