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The Soyuz Launch Vehicle
Lardier, C.; Barensky, Stefan
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Description for The Soyuz Launch Vehicle
Paperback. This authoritative chronicle of the 1950s gestation and modern reanimation of the Soyuz launcher details innumerable aspects of the history, including the measures taken by the Soviets to disguise their work on rocketry and the system's recent commercial use. Series: Springer Praxis Books / Space Exploration. Num Pages: 500 pages, 122 black & white illustrations, 111 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJP; 3JM; TTDS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 169 x 19. Weight in Grams: 782.
“The Soyuz Launch Vehicle” tells the story, for the first time in a single English-language book, of the extremely successful Soyuz launch vehicle. Built as the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Soyuz was adapted to launch not only Sputnik but also the first man to orbit Earth, and has been in service for over fifty years in a variety of forms. It has launched all Soviet manned spacecraft and is now the only means of reaching the International Space Station. It was also the workhorse for launching satellites and space probes and has recently been given a second life ... Read more
“The Soyuz Launch Vehicle” tells the story, for the first time in a single English-language book, of the extremely successful Soyuz launch vehicle. Built as the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), Soyuz was adapted to launch not only Sputnik but also the first man to orbit Earth, and has been in service for over fifty years in a variety of forms. It has launched all Soviet manned spacecraft and is now the only means of reaching the International Space Station. It was also the workhorse for launching satellites and space probes and has recently been given a second life ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
500
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781461454588
SKU
V9781461454588
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About Lardier, C.; Barensky, Stefan
Christian Lardier has been space editor at Air & Cosmos (www.air-cosmos.com), an aerospace industry news source since 1994, and is the author of several magazine articles as well as the book “La cosmonautique soviétque” (Armand Colin, 1992). From 1991 to 1996, Lardier was accredited by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow. To write this book, “The Soyuz Launch Vehicle,” ... Read more
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