The following table includes a selection of the course assignments. Some problems include solutions.
Exercise files.
| LEC # |
LECTURE TOPICS |
EXERCISES |
| 1 |
The two-body problem |
(PDF) |
| 2 |
The two-body problem (cont.) |
(PDF) |
| 3 |
Barker's equation and Kepler's equation |
(PDF) |
| 4 |
The initial-value problem |
(PDF) |
| 5 |
Euler angles |
(PDF) |
| 6 |
The orbital boundary-value problem (BVP) |
(PDF) |
| 7 |
Optimum orbital transfer |
(PDF) |
| 8 |
Analytical and geometric properties of the BVP |
(PDF) |
| 9 |
Lambert's theorem and the Lagrange time equation |
(PDF) |
| 10 |
Transformation of the BVP |
(PDF) |
| 12 |
Patched conics and planetary flybys |
(PDF) |
| 14 |
Hypergeometric functions and continued fractions |
(PDF) |
| 18 |
Preliminary orbit determination using Taylor series |
(PDF) |
| 22 |
The covariance, information, and estimator matrices |
(PDF) |
| 26 |
The Clohessy-Wiltshire equations of relative motion |
(PDF) |
| 33 |
Runge-Kutta method of numerical integration |
(PDF) |
