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NASA Computational Case Study: The Flight of Friendship 7In this case study, we learn how to compute the position of an Earth-orbiting spacecraft as a function of time. As an exercise, we compute the position of John Glenn's Mercury spacecraft Friendship 7 as it orbited the Earth during the third flight of NASA's Mercury program.
Document ID
20160000809
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
Simpson, David G. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
January 13, 2016
Publication Date
June 29, 2012
Subject Category
Mathematical And Computer Sciences (General)
Report/Patent Number
GSFC-500-12-D-0229
Report Number: GSFC-500-12-D-0229
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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