Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Glossary of abbreviations in text and annexes
- Glossary of abbreviations in appendices
- Preface
- 1 The scientific background
- 2 The technical background
- 3 The initiation of the Skylark rocket programme – the IGY and artificial satellites
- 4 Post-IGY developments – NASA – COSPAR – British National Committee for Space Research – British satellite experiments
- 5 The Ariel programme
- 6 The European Space Research Organization
- 7 Commonwealth co-operation in space reseach
- 8 Smaller rockets for scientific purposes – Skua and Petrel
- 9 Attitude controlled Skylark rockets
- 10 The Trend Committee and the Science Research Council
- 11 The transformation of ESRO into ESA
- 12 The Space Science Committee for Europe
- 13 Scientific studies by British space scientists – figure of the earth and the neutral atmosphere
- 14 Scientific studies by British space scientists – the ionosphere, the magnetosphere and cosmic rays
- 15 The contribution from British space scientists to astronomy
- 16 Concluding remarks
- Appendices
- A National Space Science Programme of unstabilized Skylark rockets
- B British experiments and British/Commonwealth co-operative experiments in Petrel, Fulmar and Skua rockets
- C Experiments in the Ariel series of satellites and in the British-launched Prospero satellite
- D British experiments in ESRO sounding rockets and in ESRO/ESA scientific satellites
- E British participation in international co-operative sounding rocket experiments and international spacecraft
- F Details of the principal UK space science groups 1982
- G The changes in the value of money
- Annexes
- Notes
- Index
A - National Space Science Programme of unstabilized Skylark rockets
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Glossary of abbreviations in text and annexes
- Glossary of abbreviations in appendices
- Preface
- 1 The scientific background
- 2 The technical background
- 3 The initiation of the Skylark rocket programme – the IGY and artificial satellites
- 4 Post-IGY developments – NASA – COSPAR – British National Committee for Space Research – British satellite experiments
- 5 The Ariel programme
- 6 The European Space Research Organization
- 7 Commonwealth co-operation in space reseach
- 8 Smaller rockets for scientific purposes – Skua and Petrel
- 9 Attitude controlled Skylark rockets
- 10 The Trend Committee and the Science Research Council
- 11 The transformation of ESRO into ESA
- 12 The Space Science Committee for Europe
- 13 Scientific studies by British space scientists – figure of the earth and the neutral atmosphere
- 14 Scientific studies by British space scientists – the ionosphere, the magnetosphere and cosmic rays
- 15 The contribution from British space scientists to astronomy
- 16 Concluding remarks
- Appendices
- A National Space Science Programme of unstabilized Skylark rockets
- B British experiments and British/Commonwealth co-operative experiments in Petrel, Fulmar and Skua rockets
- C Experiments in the Ariel series of satellites and in the British-launched Prospero satellite
- D British experiments in ESRO sounding rockets and in ESRO/ESA scientific satellites
- E British participation in international co-operative sounding rocket experiments and international spacecraft
- F Details of the principal UK space science groups 1982
- G The changes in the value of money
- Annexes
- Notes
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
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- History of British Space Science , pp. 393 - 413Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1986