This is the first book focusing on the history and development of satellite technology. Focusing on three major areas of development--navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting--this book tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made satellite technology possible. 20 illus.
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This is the first book focusing on the history and development of satellite technology. Focusing on three major areas of development--navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting--this book tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made satellite technology possible. 20 illus.
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Good in Good dust jacket. 0387949143. 300 pages including index, notes and sources. "Focussing upon the three major areas of development-navigational satellites, communications, and weather observation and forecasting-Gavaghan tells the remarkable inside story of how obscure men and women, often laboring under strict secrecy, made the extraordinary scientific and technological discoveries needed to make these miracles happen."-from dust jacket. Usual library markings. Surprisingly light wear. Nice solid clean copy.; 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; ASTRONAUTICS CIVILIZATION ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES SCIENCE ASTROPHYSICS SPACE TECHNOLOGY AERONAUTICS Something New under the Sun: Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age (Copernicus Ser. ) Artificial History Astronautics and Civilization development-
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