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Sky Alert! When Satellites Fail
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Title
Sky Alert! [electronic resource] : When Satellites Fail / by Les Johnson.
ISBN
9781461418306
Published
New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Physical Description
XI, 199 p. 80 illus., 55 illus. in color. digital.
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Summary
How much do we depend on space satellites? Defense, travel, agriculture, weather forecasting, mobile phones and broadband, commerce...the list seems endless. But what would our live be like if the unimaginable happened and, by accident or design, those space assets disappeared?Sky Alert! explores what our world would be like, looking in turn at areas where the loss could have catastrophic effects. The book- demonstrates our dependence on space technology and satellites;- outlines the effect on our economy, defense, and daily lives if satellites and orbiting spacecraft were destroyed;- illustrates the danger of dead satellites, spent rocket stages, and space debris colliding with a functioning satellites;- demonstrates the threat of dramatically increased radiation levels associated with geomagnetic storms;- introduces space as a potential area of conflict between nations.
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 01, 2013
Series
Springer Praxis Books
Contents
From the Contents: Part I: How we might lose our Satellites
Orbital Debris
War.-Part II: If we were to lose our satellites
The Global Positioning System (Military Uses)
Economic Fallout from the Losing the Global Positioning System
GPS and the Average Person
Spy Satellites and Military Reconnaissance
Communications
Weather Forecasting
Remote Sensing - Resource Monitoring and Locating
Remote Sensing - Environmental Monitoring and Science
Part III: What Can We Do?
Reduce the Growth of Orbital Debris.
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