Questions tagged [reference-request]
Should be used whenever one specific online resource or printed book/tech.report/article or other space exploration-related media is required. Care should be taken to avoid asking for broad, open-ended lists. It is better to ask for references fitting specific criteria rather than for "best resources".
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What are the dimensions and units of ITRF (or BCRF etc.) coordinates?
From the IAU Resolutions it seems that the spatial coordinates $X^a$ of a Geocentric Celestial Reference System (GCRS) or also of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), should have ...
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Equations used in reentry capsule shape optimization and trajectory design
I am working on a research project on shape optimization of a reentry capsule using an algorithm. For this, I need governing equations related to aerodynamics, heating, trajectory, and stability. ...
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Is the June 2025 NASA's Office of Inspector General report published somewhere where we can read it?
Ars Technica's June 27, 2025 An exceedingly rare asteroid flyby will happen soon, but NASA may be left on the sidelines includes the following:
But in a report published this week, NASA's Office of ...
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Strategies for Feasible Trajectories with Tight Time-of-Flight, Ample Delta-V, and Extreme Transfer Angles (0°/180°)?
I'm working on trajectory design scenarios where standard two-impulse Lambert solvers often produce unfeasible solutions.
I'm looking to find out what conceptual approaches are likely to be most ...
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Can anyone share or provide a source for these 1970s Project Apollo documents
doc title: Manually-aided on-board Apollo cislunar navigation
Document ID: 19710029813
Publisher: INST. OF NAVIGATION,
pub date: January 1, 1970
NTRS Distribution Limits Public
Link to NTRS "...
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Has an image showing the Fram2 launch groundtrack been published? If so, where?
The Fram2 mission launched to polar orbit from KSC using a southward path.
Has an image showing the ground track of the planned or actual ascent been published?
If so, where?
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Is there any raw video footage of the N1 rocket online?
In the 1960s, the Soviets were also in the race with the Americans to place a man on the Moon. So, for their lunar program, they designed the N1 rocket, which was basically the (failed) counterpart to ...
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How to locate, download, and plot the "hourlong" ALSEP seismic data following the Apollo 12 ascent vehicle impact?
The previous question Did the Moon really "ring like a bell" when "Apollo 12 punted its ascent stage" into it? If "no one knows why" exactly, what are the primary ...
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Existing tools to generate a realistic distribution of TLEs for debris 1 cm and up?
I'm new to this field so sorry if this is a dumb question.
I could take the flux from ORDEM and extrapolate but I don't want to re-invent the wheel here. This is for ground to space LIDAR simulation ...
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Modern books on NewSpace/Microspace, Agile Manufacturing, SysEng
I am looking for modern books on the topics of New Space1 and Microspace management2 and/or agile satellite manufacturing3. I am interested to understand lessons learned over the last 10-15 years, for ...
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Ready-made tool for satellite maneuver detection
I am looking for a tool to detect satellite maneuvers from TLE data. The tool should be easy-to- apply (not my field at all) to many satellites, i.e., not rely on visual inspection or similar.
Shorten ...
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Space Shuttle Main Engine TVC actuator torque
Curious if there are references for the Shuttle Main Engine Gimballing actuator torque and the arm distance between CG of the Shuttle and the gimballing point.
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How do I learn about Space Mining and the Space Industry?
So I'm a very spirited entrepreneurial college student whose lacked some direction in what I want to do with my Computer Science degree once I graduate. I've lived on the Space Coast my whole life, ...
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What kind of solar panels did Landsat 5 use?
I would like to know everything possible about the solar panels Landsat 4/5 used. But for now, let's start with *what kind of solar panels they were.
Those things survived ~150,000 thermal cycles, and ...
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Is a complete version of the Lunar Module Systems Handbook available online?
This excellent answer to the question What does 'Switch SCE to AUX' mean? has a reference that introduced me to the Apollo Command/Service Module Systems Handbook. Surprisingly I'd never seen ...
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