The Navstar Global Positioning System (GPS) is being financed by military dollars, but the precise navigation signals it broadcasts are available free of charge to anyone ...

Discusses space-based manufacturing, communications satellites, space-age navigation, privately owned booster rockets, space stations, and satellite salvage

Annotation Designed to be used as a graduate student textbook and a ready reference for the busy professional, this third edition of "Orbital Mechanics is structured so that ...