The Big Book of Launch Vehicles:

Common Requirements

Please note that this is not even close to finished, nor is it necessarily the final layout.

 

Common Requirements

Basic Orbital Dynamics

Basics

Typical orbits

Circular

Ballistic

Skipping

GTO/GEO

Molniya

Escape

Launch trajectories

Zero-lift

Lifting, rocket-based

Lifting, air-breathers

Orbit changing

Raising/lowering

Plane change

Retro-burn

On-Orbit Systems

OMS

Attitude control

Thrusters

Monoprop

Biprop

Magnetic

Momentum wheels

Power

Requirements

Generation

PV

Solar thermal

Nuclear

Fuel Cell

Thermal control

Communications

Precision flying

Rendezvous

Stationkeeping

Docking

Interception

Payload

Types/markets

Satellites

Deep space probes

Station resupply

Tourism

Ballistic

Commercial/military transport

Warheads

Handling

Ground

Space

Power/communications requirements

Upper stages