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Something New under the Sun : Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age Hardcover - 1998 - 1998th Edition
by Gavaghan, Helen
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- Hardcover
- first
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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- Title Something New under the Sun : Satellites and the Beginning of the Space Age
- Author Gavaghan, Helen
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition number 1998th
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Fine in Fine dust jacket
- Pages 300
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Springer-Verlag New York, Incorporated, New York, NY, U.S.A.
- Date 1998
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 04617
- ISBN 9780387949147 / 0387949143
- Weight 1.35 lbs (0.61 kg)
- Dimensions 9.4 x 6.5 x 1 in (23.88 x 16.51 x 2.54 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Astronautics and civilization, Artificial satellites - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 96048689
- Dewey Decimal Code 629.430
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