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Description Space Today (Revised 5th Ed) By Mohan Sundara Rajan National Book Trust | 2008 | ISBN 978-81-237-5205-1 | PDF | 390 pages | 10 mb scanned to PDF by me. A non-technical presentation of the most significant recent developments in space technology and applications in India and abroad including: • Amazing features of the Earth that support the orbits of satellites. • India's mastery of rocket and missile technology. • A preview of tomorrow's launchers using different technologies. • Progress of India's world-class communication, TV and weather satellites. • Modern global links from space including the emerging global positioning system and spy satellites. • India's thrust towards the use of satellites for societal needs. • Role of resource satellites in revealing the true state of our Blue Jewel—the Earth, its oceans and resources, especially India's contribution. • Innovative means of understanding natural phenomena like the tsunami and global environmental changes. • Rediscovery of the human body in space stations and other wonders of microgravity. About the Author Mohan Sundara Rajan is an eminent science communicator who won the National Award for Outstanding effort in Popular Science Communication 2005, given by the National Council for Science and Technology Communication, New Delhi. He is the author of some sixteen popular science books including Wireless: The latest Telecom Story; and Nano: The Next Revolution, published by the NBT. He is also the recipient of the Soviet Land Nehru Award and the Akashvani Award. A senior member of the former Central Information Service, he was the only Asian selected to serve the Asian Development Bank, Manila, as its editor for over a decade. CONTENTS Acknowledgements vii Foreword ix Preface xi Part I: The Shape of the Earth 1. Leaps of Imagination 3 2. The Equatorial Bulge 7 Part II: Orbits 3. The Sunsynchronous Orbit 17 4. The Geosynchronous Orbit 26 Part III: Rockets 5. The Pull of Gravity 55 6. Indian Rockets 71 7. Reaching the Polar Orbit 80 8. GSLV: A World-class Rocket 96 9. The Cryogenic Challenge 109 10. India: A Missile Power 115 11. Ariane and Other Rockets 118 12. The Scramjet and a Slow Giant 133 Part IV: Services from the INSAT System 13. Domestic Links 149 14. The Challenge of Making INSATs 160 15. The Ever-alert Master Control 168 16. EDUSAT and NANOSAT 172 Part V: Global Links 17. INTELSAT and Global Links 191 18. In Touch with Ships 197 19. The World at Your Fingertips 202 20. Locating Anyone, Anywhere! 215 21. A Spy in the Sky 224 Part VI: Spotlight on the Earth 22. Windows and Sensors 237 23. Indian Remote Sensing Satellites 247 24. The World in True Colours 270 25. The Blue Jewel 282 26. A Tsunami Watch 296 27. Weather Monitoring since Aristotle 305 28. The Weather from INSAT 313 Part VII: Wonders of Microgravity 29. Life in Orbital Stations 323 30. Where Apples Float 338 Glossary 357 Index 365 Sharing Widget |