Les satellites artificiels

Charles-Noël Martin
Year1972
PublisherPresses Universitaires de France
PlaceParis
LanguageFR
Pages127
SeriesQue sais-je ?, n° 813
Rating★★★☆☆ (3/5)
AudienceGeneral, Student
LevelBeginner
Keywords
artificial satelliteProject Vanguardspace raceSputnik Programmecommunication satelliteProject MercuryApollo Program
ThemesSpace Race, Human Spaceflight

Third updated edition of this classic popularization, surveying artificial satellite science fifteen years after Sputnik 1. Five chapters cover orbital mechanics, satellite physical decay, launch systems, a gallery of landmark satellites (Sputniks, Grapefruit, Echo, West Ford, Elektron, Polyot), and three application families: scientific satellites, telecommunications (through Intelsat IV, 1971), and crewed spaceflight (from Gagarin through Apollo and Salyut 1). A chronological list records all Soviet and American crewed flights through end-1971.

📖 Editorial Review

Fifteen years after Sputnik, Charles-Noël Martin delivers a third updated edition of his classic popularization. While the five-chapter structure remains intact, the bulk of the additions concentrate in the introduction and the final section of chapter V, where the account of crewed flights expands from seven Mercury …