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US Spy Satellites: 1959 onwards (all missions, all models): Owners' Workshop Manual: An insight into the technology and engineering of military intelligence-gathering spacecraft

Door David Baker

Categorie
Ruimtevaart & Astronomie
Boeknummer
#362917-KO36
Titel
US Spy Satellites: 1959 onwards (all missions, all models): Owners' Workshop Manual: An insight into the technology and engineering of military intelligence-gathering spacecraft
Auteur
Baker, David
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover
Uitgeverij
Yeovil : Haynes Publishing UK
Jaar van uitgave
2016
ISBN10
1785210866
ISBN13
9781785210860
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original pictorial boards, illustrated with numerous photographs in colour and b/w, tables/figures, 4to.
Samenvatting
In 1954, three years before the launch of Sputnik 1, the world's first satellite, top-secret discussions were held in the United States to plan the development of military spy satellites, designed to obtain detailed photography of the Soviet Union's military strength, and its potential for waging nuclear war. This book takes a detailed look at the programmes which resulted from the clandestine decision in the US to build highly secret spy satellites in parallel with civilian space plans, revealing for the first time previously classified details of the design and layout of photographic reconnaissance (spy) satellites including the Manned Orbiting Laboratory (MOL), America's planned military space station. The author has obtained declassified material, lifting the veil of secrecy covering e... (Lees verder)xactly what spy satellites are, how they operate, what their limitations are and what they look like. This book focuses on the development of the spy satellites themselves and on the political arena in which their successes, and failures, were played out, providing a fascinating insight into a secretive world.
Pagina's
188
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 50,00

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