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Orbital mechanics and related mathematics like Stumpff series and Universal variables. Got inspired from playing too much Kerbal Space Program and Orbiter.
by exDM69 6y ago
Orbital mechanics and related mathematics like Stumpff series and Universal variables. Got inspired from playing too much Kerbal Space Program and Orbiter.
- ghostpepper 6y agoI've wanted to do this for a while. What's your process like? I have a few books (Introduction to Space Dynamics, the BMW book, etc) but I'm not sure if I should read it cover to cover or try to design a curriculum etc. Do you use any simulation software or just pen and paper?
- exDM69 6y agoI started with Bate, Mueller, White: Fundamentals of Astrodynamics, which is US Air force material. It contains two courses, so you should skip some of the chapters at first. Then I read a bunch of research papers and more in depth literature. Richard Battin's work for example. I've been hacking on a two body orbital mechanics library in C with SIMD extensions, and an interactive sandbox with OpenGL. I wrote both from scratch.