Applications of Space Developments

Selected Papers from the XXXI International Astronautical Congress, Tokyo, 21 — 28 September 1980

L. G. Napolitano

• Publisher: Pergamon
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9780080267296
• eBook ISBN:
  9781483159768
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Engineering General
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Applications of Space Developments covers the proceedings of the 31st Annual Congress of the International Astronautical Federation on Applications of Space Developments, held in Tokyo, Japan. The contributors consider the significant achievements and activities in Japan in the main areas of space applications, such as telecommunications, earth and ocean observation, materials sciences, and space processes. This book is organized into 22 chapters, which reflect the four main areas covered in the Annual Congress, including Earth-Oriented Applications of Space Technology, Earth Observations, Low-Gravity Environment, and Communication Satellites. The first chapters deal with the monitoring of earth and ocean energy resources, earth satellite power stations, energy conversion and transfer, structure technology, system fabrication and assembly of large space structures, and, nuclear waste disposal in space. The succeeding chapters are devoted to weather satellites, earth and ocean dynamics, earth and atmosphere pollution, payloads for earth and ocean observations, data analysis. These topics are followed by discussions on the theoretical and experimental aspects of microgravity materials, fluid and life sciences, the simulation of microgravity environment on earth, the effects of weightlessness on man, and the earth applications of space experiments. The concluding chapters survey the operational, experimental, and communication satellites systems, with emphasis on economic aspects and on the prospects of TV satellites. This book will prove useful to space scientists and technologists, astronomers, and satellite and communications engineers.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Applications of Space Developments
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• PREFACE
• CHAPTER 1. LES EFFETS ECONOMIQUES DES ACTIVITES SPATIALES
• CHAPTER 2. PLANNING FOR A CANADIAN DIRECT BROADCASTING SATELLITE SYSTEM
• CHAPTER 3. OPERATIONAL COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE PROGRAM IN JAPAN
• CHAPTER 4. DOMESTIC SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE
• CHAPTER 5. AERONAUTICAL-MARITIME ENGINEERING SATELLITE (AMES) PROGRAM OF JAPAN
• CHAPTER 6. THE SHUTTLE AND ITS IMPORTANCE TO SPACE MEDICINE
• CHAPTER 7. STABILITY OF LIQUID BRIDGES
• CHAPTER 8. A VERY WIDE AREA THIN FILM SOLAR CELL FABRICATED BY MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY IN SPACE
• CHAPTER 9. A PLEA FOR NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL IN SPACE
• CHAPTER 10. ANNUAL SURVEY OF SPACEFLIGHT SAFETY SYSTEMS: 10th SUPPLEMENT. SURVEY PERIOD: JULY 1979- JUNE 1980
• CHAPTER 11. LOOKING TOWARD SINGLE-STAGE LAUNCH SYSTEMS
• CHAPTER 12. HIGH PERFORMANCE CRYOGENIC ENGINES FOR ORBIT TRANSFER VEHICLES
• CHAPTER 13. DEVELOPMENT STUDY OF LOX/LH2 PROPULSION SYSTEMS
• CHAPTER 14. RECENT ADVANCES IN STRUCTURAL TECHNOLOGY FOR LARGE DEPLOYABLE AND ERECTABLE SPACECRAFT
• CHAPTER 15. MATERIAL AND STRUCTURAL APPROACHES FOR LARGE SPACE STRUCTURES
• CHAPTER 16. SPACECRAFT DYNAMICS AND CONTROL
• CHAPTER 17. COLLIDING PROBABILITY AND METHODS OF AVOIDING COLLISION OF STATIONARY SATELLITES
• CHAPTER 18. EXTRATERRESTRIAL CAUSE FOR THE CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY EXTINCTION: EXPERIMENT AND THEORY
• CHAPTER 19. THE INTERNATIONAL HALLEY WATCH
• CHAPTER 20. PROJECT GALILEO MISSION DESIGN
• CHAPTER 21. GRAVITY GRADIENT STABILIZED SOLAR POWER SATELLITE
• CHAPTER 22. MISSION ANALYSIS OF THE RADIO-AMATEUR SATELLITE "ARSENE''