Sky Alert! When Satellites Fail /

How much do we depend on space satellites? Defense, travel, agriculture, weather forecasting, mobile phones and broadband, commerce...the list seems endless. But what would our live be like if the unimaginable happened and, by accident or design, those space assets disappeared? Sky Alert! explores w...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Les (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:Popular Science,
Temas:
Aerospace engineering.
Astronautics.
Astronomy.
Security systems.
Telecommunication.
Geographic information systems.
Economics.
Aerospace Technology and Astronautics.
Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences.
Security Science and Technology.
Communications Engineering, Networks.
Geographical Information System.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • From the Contents: Part I: How we might lose our Satellites
  • Orbital Debris
  • War.-Part II: If we were to lose our satellites
  • The Global Positioning System (Military Uses)
  • Economic Fallout from the Losing the Global Positioning System
  • GPS and the Average Person
  • Spy Satellites and Military Reconnaissance
  • Communications
  • Weather Forecasting
  • Remote Sensing - Resource Monitoring and Locating
  • Remote Sensing - Environmental Monitoring and Science
  • Part III: What Can We Do?
  • Reduce the Growth of Orbital Debris.

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