This University of Bristol YouTube video shows the 6 Orbital or Keplerian Elements. These elements are used to describe the position of a body in space. Each element is shown increasing in turn, using the example of a satellite orbiting the Earth. The modelling was performed at and funded by the Aerospace Engineering Department of the University of Bristol, UK.
MIT OpenCourseWare Space Systems Engineering Graduate Course
Prof. Edward Crawley and Prof, Olivier de Weck's graduate course from 2007 presenting space systems engineering through design of ground and space...