Celestial Mechanics Problems of Space Flight. Part 2

Abstract

The calculations of E. Stromgren and his coworkers have resulted in the successful investigation of at least one case of the extended "probleme restreint" relating to periodic orbits. The many hundreds of orbital calculations, which they have made in the course of a generation's work, largely made possible by the financial support of the Carlsberg Foundation, Copenhagen, constitute a valuable pioneering effort. Firstly, with the aid of electronic computers it is now possible to complete the calculations themselves more than one thousand times as fast as before. Without this novel assistance it would scarcely be possible for flight calculations to keep pace with technical developments. However, it must not be forgotten that the preliminary work involved in programming, which, it is true, need be performed only once, itself requires a considerable amount of time.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 19, 1960
Accession Number
ADA379952

Entities

People

  • K. Schuette

Organizations

  • Joint Publications Research Service

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Apogees
  • Astronautics
  • Celestial Mechanics
  • Celestial Navigation
  • Computers
  • Coordinate Systems
  • Elliptical Orbits
  • Errors
  • Escape Velocity
  • Flight
  • Flight Paths
  • Numerical Integration
  • Orbits
  • Space Flight
  • Spacecraft
  • Spacecraft Orbits

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Space Exploration and Orbital Mechanics.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics
  • Space
  • Space - Orbital Debris