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Satellite

Innovation in Orbit

Satellite( )
Author: Millard, Doug
Series title:Science Museum Ser.
ISBN:978-1-78023-659-9
Publication Date:Jan 2017
Publisher:Reaktion Books, Limited
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $39.99
Book Description:

There are thousands of artificial satellites orbiting Earth. Ubiquitous but mysterious, they are a technological infrastructure in space on which society depends, yet we think of them only rarely - when our sat nav goes wrong, for example, or our TV stops receiving. The story of the satellite is, however, remarkable: an astonishing history of imagination, experiment and ingenuity. At first they symbolized Cold War political prestige, as satellites such...
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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Science / Space Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):15.24 x 20.955 x 2.286 cm



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