Rockets & satellites : surveillance from space / Earle Rice Jr.
Material type:
TextSeries: Military engineering in actionPublisher: New York, NY : Enslow Publishing, 2017Description: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780766075320
- 076607532X
- 9780766075290
- 076607529X
- Surveillance from space
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Children's NonFiction | 358.88 R495 | Available | 33111008511368 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The trail to find Osama bin Laden was uncovered by human and satellite intelligence, and the raid that killed him was directed by a fleet of intelligence-collecting satellites over Pakistan. Even though we can't see them, satellites play a large role in reconnaissance and defense support. Students will learn about the rockets that launch satellites, how satellites are used, and how the military uses secret space planes and test vehicles that are ready to spy from space or engage in any possible space wars. Full color photographs, fact boxes, and comprehensive coverage of the history of the U.S. satellite program fill out this timely volume.
Includes bibliographical references (page 47) and index.
Today and tomorrow: America's battle for space -- High-flying spy: the U-2 incident -- Rockets and artificial satellites: what they are and how they work -- Spies in the sky: SAMOS, MIDAS, AND CORONA -- Kosmos: Soviet spy satellites -- American space sentinels: DSP and SBIRS satellites -- Timeline -- Glossary.