Author: Mohan Sundara Rajan
Publisher: Publications Division
Year: 1997
Language: English
Pages: 190
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8123005512
Description
This book gives a frank and balanced account of India's space effort, narrated in a novel way in terms of the main orbits of its satellites.
A veteran science writer has given a frank and balanced account of India's space effort, narrated in a novel way in terms of the main orbits of its satellites…Basic scientific and technological concepts are explained in simple language and presented in a reader-friendly manner…
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
Useful to all those who wish to be better informed about India's space technology and applications.
-Dr. Raja Ramanna
Contents
Forward
Acknowledgements
Preface
PART I: ORBITS: NATURE'S GIFTS
PART II: ON REACHING THE ORBITS
PART III: IN THE GEOSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
PART IV: IN THE NEAR-EARTH ORBIT
PART V: IN THE SUNSYNCHRONOUS ORBIT
PARTVI; DIVIDENDS FROM THE ORBITS
PART VII: AN INDIAN IN ORBIT
Glossary
Index