BASICS OF MISSILE GUIDANCE AND SPACE TECHNIQUES by Hobbs, M. reviewed by Frederick I. Ordway III

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BASICS OF MISSILE GUIDANCE AND SPACE TECHNIQUES

by Hobbs, M.

New York, 1959: John F. Rider Publisher, Inc., 144 and 146 pages, respectively (two volumes), $9.00

A two-volume effort, the book deals with missile control, guidance, telemetering, optics, tracking, navigation, etc. Volume 1 emphasizes systems and equipment, Volume 2 space applications. Individual chapters in Volume 1 cover such topics as radio and radar command links, guide beam, doppler and homing techniques, actuators and related components, and gyroscopic fundamentals. In Volume 2 testing and telemetering, optics and electronics, satellite theory, practice, monitoring and tracking, applications of Earth satellites, navigation and telemetry, and electronic components for space applications are covered.


Extracted from the 1962 Publication Annotated Bibliography of Space Science and Technology with an Astronomical Supplement - A History of Astronautical Book Literature 1931 - 1961. by Frederick I. Ordway III