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VERTICAL EMPIRE, A (2ND EDITION)

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VERTICAL EMPIRE, A (2ND EDITION)

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A Vertical Empire provides a description of the British rocketry and space programme from the 1950s to 1970s, detailing the Medium Range Ballistic Missile Blue Streak and its conversion to a satellite launcher as part of the European Launcher Development Organisation (ELDO). This extensively revised second edition includes material only made available in the past ten years and the text is supplemented by numerous photographs, sketches and statistics. The all-British satellite Black Arrow is described, as well as the research rocket Black Knight, the Blue Steel missile and the rocket powered interceptor aircraft.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
2
Number of Pages:
388
Release Date:
2011-10-14
Publication Date:
2011-10-14
Publisher:
ICP
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1848167962
ISBN13:
9781848167964
Weight:
668 g
Height:
170 cm
Width:
244 cm
Thickness:
21 cm
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