Discovering the Cosmos with Small Spacecraft: The American Explorer Program

By Brian Harvey

Presents the history of the Explorer program of small American scientific satellites

Outlines Explorer's pioneering studies in a number of scientific disciplines, narrating the story of how these satellites improved our knowledge of near-Earth space, the interrelationship between the Sun and Earth, and astronomy at wavelengths impossible to study from the surface of Earth

Brings together space science, spacecraft design, the personalities involved, the rockets (Juno, Scout, Delta etc), the infrastructure, the management, and the dissemination process in one comprehensively informative package of Explorer program history

Compares and contrasts the Explorer program with other contemporaneous programs of scientific satellites

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319681389
• ISBN13: 9783319681382
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.8"