Editorial of the special issue - Spaceflight Mechanics and Astronautics

Abstract

This issue of the Applied Mechanics section of the Romanian Journal of Technical Sciences is dedicated to Spaceflight Mechanics and Astronautics. With so many satellites in orbit today, there exists an increased need for accurate orbit prediction, as well as new space technologies, like the concept of formation flying. In the same time, the continuously increasing number of space debris objects that are currently orbiting in the vicinity of our planet and needs to be tracked makes the search for computationally efficient and accurate orbit prediction methods a priority.