Lecture 1: The Orbital Velocity Vector and Kepler's Third Law

(Vallado, Sections 1.3.5, 1.3.6)

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Animation of Kepler's second law

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Lecture 2: Introduction to Orbital Dynamics,
Solution of the Restricted Two-Body Problem

(Vallado, Sections 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.6)

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Lecture 3: Orbital Energy and the Vis-Viva Equation

(Vallado, Sections 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.6)

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