International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, Third Edition [Paperback]

Steven J. Isakowitz (Author), Joshua B. Hopkins (Author), Joseph P. Hopkins (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1563473534 | ISBN-13: 978-1563473531 | Publication Date: December 1999 | Edition: 3rd

This reference guide contains updated and expanded material on launch programmes in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Features of this edition include: inclusion of new systems -Angara, Beal's VA-2, Delta III and IV, H-IIA, VLS, LeoLink, Minotaur, Soyuz 2, Strela, Proton M, Atlas III and V, Dnepr, Kistler's K-1, Shtil, with details on Sea Launch using the Zenit vehicle; reorganized alphabetically by system (eg. Ariane, Athena, Atlas, Beal, Delta etc) to reflect the international cooperation in vehicle development, marketing and operation; completely updated and expanded performance data; updated flight records with added details (eg. payload mass, delivery orbit, manifest type); more detailed failure descriptions; SI units used throughout; and a new chapter on spaceports. Standard sections describe each of the launch systems in detail, including chronological illustrations of production status, vehicle descriptions and their technical differences, a brief text history of the launch system and the launch record, price data, performance curves for a variety of orbits, launch site, launch facilities, launch processing and flight sequence, payload accommodations, and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 549 pages
• Publisher: Amer Inst of Aeronautics &; 3rd edition (December 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1563473534
• ISBN-13: 978-1563473531
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 7.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,168,555 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to Space Launch Systems!, October 27, 2001

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Joan Roch (Montréal, Qc Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems, Third Edition (Paperback)

A complete and technically detailed enumeration of rockets from all around the world (yes, outside the USA). Very well done, and very instructive. Diagrams, charts and statistics... it has it all.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Reference, January 27, 2006

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J. L. Williams - See all my reviews
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This review is from: International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems (Library of Flight Series) (Paperback)

There is no other reference source out there like this. We use it around the office quite a bit. Looking forward to the 5th edition....