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Vertical Empire, A: History Of The British Rocketry Programme
Charles N Hill
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Description for Vertical Empire, A: History Of The British Rocketry Programme
Paperback. Provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; TBX; TRP; TTDS; TTM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 670.
A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered interceptor aircraft.
A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered interceptor aircraft.
Product Details
Publisher
Imperial College Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
388
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781848167964
SKU
V9781848167964
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