Orbital-frame rotation from inclination and node

ID: orbital-frame-rotation-from-inclination-and-node

In a right-handed reference frame, the rotation matrix from an orbital plane frame whose first axis points along the ascending node is . Its columns are the orbital frame's orthonormal basis expressed in reference coordinates. The unit vector normal is ; its dot product with another such normal gives the cosine of their mutual inclination.

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