Something New Under the Sun Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age / by Helen Gavaghan.

In this, the first history of artifical satellites and their uses, Helen Gavaghan shows how the idea of putting an object in orbit around the earth changed from science fiction to indespensible technology in the twinkling of an eye. Thanks to satellites, we can now send data and images anywhere in t...

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Main Author: Gavaghan, Helen (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Copernicus, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
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