Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control James R. Wertz Aerospace Reference

Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control — Wertz (D. Reidel, 1978) Aerospace Engineering · The Standard Reference Since 1978 Very Good D. Reidel · 1978 Softcover ASSL Vol. 73 Ed. James R. Wertz · Computer Sciences Corp. for NASA Spacecraft Attitude Determination and Control Astrophysics & Space Science Library, Vol. 73

The first comprehensive reference on spacecraft attitude — written by the engineers who supported more than thirty space missions, and a fixture on aerospace bookshelves ever since.

Edited by James R. Wertz · prepared by Computer Sciences Corporation for NASA Goddard · D. Reidel Publishing Co., Dordrecht · 1978 · approx. 858 pp · softcover · ISBN 90-277-1204-2 About the Book

This is the foundational handbook on how a spacecraft\'s orientation — its attitude — is determined and controlled. Compiled by thirty-three senior staff of the Computer Sciences Corporation\'s Spacecraft Attitude Department, drawing on their support of more than thirty NASA missions, it brings together theory, data, and hard-won practice across the whole discipline: sensors and attitude hardware, attitude dynamics and determination, mission geometry, and control.

With thirteen technical appendices, a complete index, and extensive cross-referencing, it was built to serve equally as a self-teaching text and a desk reference. Distinctive features include orthographic globe projections that keep vector geometry clear, and frank, practical discussion of data anomalies and validation. A foreword by Roger D. Werking of NASA Goddard opens the volume, which has been the standard reference in the field for decades.

Of Note

The book was prepared under NASA contract at the Goddard Space Flight Center and remains widely cited and sought after to this day — often paired on engineers\' shelves with Wertz & Larson\'s later Space Mission Analysis and Design. Few single volumes have served a technical discipline so durably.

Attitude DeterminationSensors, data, and the math of knowing orientation. Dynamics & ControlHow attitude is predicted and actively controlled. Hardware & DataAttitude sensors, models, anomalies, and validation. Geometry & AppendicesMission geometry plus thirteen technical appendices. TitleSpacecraft Attitude Determination & Control EditorJames R. Wertz Prepared byComputer Sciences Corp. / NASA Goddard SeriesAstrophysics & Space Science Library, 73 PublisherD. Reidel, Dordrecht · 1978 FormatSoftcover · approx. 858 pp ISBN90-277-1204-2 ConditionVery Good Condition Report VERY GOOD

• Cover shows some minor wear.
• Page edges show some minor wear.
• Binding tight and sound.
• Pages crisp and clean.
• No writing, no highlighting, no underlining.
• Complete reference — text, appendices, and index intact.

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