Screen LibrarySatellites
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| Published: |
Facts on File,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY |
| Publication Dates: | c2006. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Frontiers in space |
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| Carrier Form: | xv, 320 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
| ISBN: |
0816057729 9780816057726 |
| Index Number: | V423 |
| CLC: | V423.4-49 |
| Call Number: | V423.4-49/A584/c.2 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 301-306) and index. From Sputnik 1 to Aura -- How a satellite works -- Satellites come in all sizes and shapes -- Military satellites -- Weather satellites -- Communications satellites -- Navigation satellites -- Satellites as scientific observatories -- Fundamentals of remote sensing -- Earth-observing spacecraft -- Earth system science and global change -- Conclusion -- Chronology -- Glossary -- Further reading -- Index. |