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Observatories in Earth Orbit and Beyond 1990 - International Colloquium Proceedings (Hardcover, New)
Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library
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I. Current Missions.- The Hubble Space Telescope.- Early Results
from the Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE).- The Status of the
DIRBE Instrument on the COBE.- The Automatic Spacecraft Granat.-
The Hipparcos Mission: Will It Be a Scientific Success?.- The
International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE).- X-Ray Astronomy
Satellite Ginga.- Extreme and Far Ultraviolet Astronomy from
Voyagers 1 and 2.- II. Future Missions.- Roentgen Satellite.- The
Gamma-Ray Observatory.- The Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility.-
The Astro-D Mission.- The X-Ray Timing Explorer.- The Joint
European Telescope for X-Ray Astronomy (JET-X).- SODART Telescope
on Spectrum-Roentgen-Gamma and Its Instrumentation.- ESA's X-Ray
Astronomy Mission, XMM.- The SAX Mission for X-Ray Astronomy.- The
Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Mission.- Lyman the Far Ultraviolet
Spectroscopic Explorer.- Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Astronomy with
Orfeus.- The Spectrum - UV Project.- The Space Infrared Telescope
Facility (SIRTF).- The Infrared Space Observatory.- IRTS: Infrared
Telescope in Space.- FIRST - Far Infrared and Submillimetre Space
Telescope.- A Submillimeter Mission for the 1990s: SMMM.- The
Submillimeter Wave Astronomy Satellite.- International VLBI
Satellite (IVS).- VSOP, A Space VLBI Programme.- VLBI with TDRSS.-
SOHO - An Observatory to Study the Solar Interior and the Solar
Atmosphere.- An Overview of the Orbiting Solar Laboratory.- The
Planetenteleskop Mission.- The Astrometric Imaging Telescope:
Near-Term Discovery and Study of Other Planetary Systems.-
Ultraviolet Polarimetry.- The Hopkins Ultraviolet Telescope.- The
Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope for Astro 1.- The Broad Band X-Ray
Telescope (BBXRT) on Astro-1.- Future Solar System Missions.- The
Ulysses Mission in the High Latitude Heliosphere.- Science
Operations for Future Space Astrophysics Missions.- III. Launch
Vehicles.- United States Launch Vehicle Systems.- ESA's Space
Transportation Programme.- Launch Vehicles of ISAS.- U.S.S.R.
LAUNCH SYSTEMS 343.- Launch Vehicles of the Future: Earth to
Near-Earth Space.- Future Deep Space Propulsion Systems.- IV.
Relative Merits of Various Observatories.- Lunar-Based Astronomy.-
Relative Merits of Low-Earth, Eccentric, Geosynchronous, and
Interplanetary Orbits and Sites in Space.- Humanity or Robotics in
Space?.- Astrophysics from the Moon.- Use of Libration-Point Orbits
for Space Observatories.- Major Observatories Versus Economy-Class
Observatories in Space.- V. Long Term Future Issues.- Does Theory
Advance with Technology?.- Occultation Astronomy.- Comments.- The
Astrophysics of the Future.- Evolution of the Unsolved Problems.-
Contributed Papers.- SIXA: The Solid State Spectrometer Array
Onboard Spectrum-X-Gamma.- The X-Ray Large Array.- The Stellar
X-Ray Polarimeter for the Spectrum-X-Gamma Mission.- The All-Sky
Extragalactic X-Ray Foreground.- A Low Energy Gas Scintillation
Proportional Counter for the SAX-X-Ray Astronomy Satellite.- The
EXOSAT Results Database.- An X-Ray All Sky Monitor for a Japanese
Experimental Module on the Space Station.- The Astro Mission.- The
UV Imager for the Israeli Scientific Satellite.- ORFEUS-SPAS: The
Berkeley EUV Spectrometer.- An Observatory for Mapping the Far UV
Diffuse Galactic Emission Line Background.- Project of a Three
Reflection Telescope for Wide Field Ultraviolet Observations.-
Santa Maria: An Orbiting Multispectral Observatory.- Cryogenic
Testing of Optics for ISOCAM.- EDISON: A Second Generation Infrared
Space Observatory.- Merits of Space VLBI Missions for Geodynamics.-
Low Frequency Radio Astronomy from Earth Orbit.- High-Resolution
Imaging Spectroscopy at TeraHertz Frequencies.- Science
Observations with the IUE Using the One Gyro Mode.- New Methods of
Determining Spacecraft Attitude.- Knowledge Based Automated
Scheduling and Planning Tools for IUE.- Earth Observation System
Plans of India.- The Stability of the Planetary Triangular Lagrange
Points.- Cosmic Rays and the Dynamic Balance in the Large
Magellanic Cloud.- Li
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Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Astrophysics and Space Science Library |
Release date: |
March 1991 |
First published: |
March 1991 |
Volume editors: |
Y. Kondo
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Dimensions: |
300mm (L) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
578 |
Edition: |
New |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-7923-1133-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Science & Mathematics >
Astronomy, space & time >
General
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LSN: |
0-7923-1133-7 |
Barcode: |
9780792311331 |
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