Relative Spacecraft Motion in a Central Force Field

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e = eccentricity (dimensionless) f = true anomaly, rad h = specific angular momentum, m=s i = inclination, rad p = semilatus rectum, m r = radius vector, m r = magnitude of vector r t = time, s u = argument of the latitude, rad v = velocity vector, m=s = angular velocity, rad=s ~ = skew-symmetric tensor (matrix) associated with vector = Earth gravitational parameter, m=s = right ascension of the ascending node, rad ! = argument of perigee, rad = by definition, it equals to...