What is Flight dynamics (spacecraft)?
[[File:Orbital motion.gif|thumb|261px|A body (or a thing, or a [[celestial body]]) is shown in orbit around Earth. Two [[orbital elements]] are shown: [[Speed#Tangential speed|tangential velocity]] is shown as a red arrow. The green arrow shows the direction of a force of [[acceleration]] - inward acceleration.]] [[File:Apollo-Moon-mission-profile.png|thumb|right|Flight [[path]] of the [[Apollo 11]] flight in 1969. One spacecraft - a mothership - traveled from the Earth to an orbit around the Moon. A [[lunar lander]] (a smaller spacecraft) left the mothership and landed on the Moon; Later it left the Moon's surface and went back to the mothership. Then it connected with the mothership. The mothership went back to Earth.]] '''Spacecraft flight dynamics''' is the use of [[dynamics]] to show how [[force]]s can act on a space vehicle or [[spacecraft]]. <!--This area aims-->The aim <!--of using Spacecraft flight dynamics--> is to determine the [[flight path]] of spacecrafts. [[File:Orbit1.svg|thumb|left|The angular [[orbital elements]] of a spacecraft orbiting (or going around) a central body, defining orientation of the orbit in relation to its fundamental reference plane. On the drawing, the central body is [[imagination|supposed]] to be in the place where the three straight lines meet:two red lines and one blue line.]] == Related pages== *[[Flight dynamics]] == Books == *{{citation | last=Anderson |first=John D. | year=2004 | title=Introduction to Flight | edition=5th | publisher=McGraw-Hill | isbn=0-07-282569-3 }} *{{cite encyclopedia | editor = Theodore Baumeister | last = Fellenz | first = D.W. | title = Atmospheric Entry | pages = 11:155–58 | encyclopedia = Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers | edition = Seventh | publisher = McGraw Hill | location = New York City | year = 1967 | isbn = 0-07-142867-4 }} *{{Cite book | last = Glasstone | first = Samuel | title = Sourcebook on the Space Sciences | publisher = D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc | year = 1965 | url = https://books.goog