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Orbital Mechanics is a topic that requires little introduction. Built on the very much basic principles of Maths and Physics, Orbital Mechanics concerns the motion of objects in orbit. This is an incredibly important topic to master, and you need basic knowledge of vectors and Newton's Laws. After all, who else to learn from than the first person to come up with a logical equation for Universal Gravitation, which legitimately put people on the moon.

Before you enter unchartered territory, just a quick note about orbital mechanics:

according to Mr Yuen

It's an absolute lie based on the wrong premises

In the end, orbital mechanics is just a strange subject, so don't feel bad if you can't comprehend a large part of these notes but try to take PO so you can understand!

From one of the contributors

Don't be like me and drop PO in y2 just because I was intimidated by it and all my friends dropped it, then regret it a year later with no real way of getting in.