Name
CL_stumpS — Stumpff function S(z)
Calling Sequence
s = CL_stumpS(z)
Description
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evaluates the Stumpff function S(z) according to the following equation :

- Last update : 14/02/2007
Parameters
- z:
input argument (1xN)
- s:
value of S(z) (1xN)
Bibliography
1 Orbital Mechanics for engineering students, H D Curtis, Chapter 3 and Appendix D.4
2 Modern astrodynamics Fundamentals and perturbation methods, V Bond and M Allman, Chapter 6.2
Examples
z=0:1:500;
s=CL_stumpS(z);
plot(z,s);