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Bon condition, a rare lot of 11 original offprints titled “Lot exceptionnel de revues et tirés à part originaux (AIAA / ESA / NASA) – Histoire des,” published between 1980 and 1988 with technical documents from NASA, AIAA, and ESA.
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A rare and historically coherent ensemble of 7 original technical documents in the form of offprints, published between 1980 and 1988. These working papers come directly from the professional archives of a high-level aerospace engineer. At this pivotal time, the space industry was tipping from a purely government-driven era toward privatized launches and the rise of mobile telecommunications (Ku band, Ka band, constellations). This lot constitutes a true time capsule of the transatlantic technological elite at the end of the Cold War, bringing together the major American manufacturers and the European Space Agency (ESA).
NASA / Watkins-Johnson Company (Palo Alto, California)
Topic: Production of the ACTS Downlink Traveling-Wave Tube (TWT).
Importance: Crucial factory/technical document on the traveling-wave tube intended for NASA's experimental ACTS satellite (Ka band).
AIAA Conference (1988) – European Space Agency (ESA)
Authors: P. Bartholomé, A. Jongejans, C. Loisy, R. Rogard.
Topic: Land Mobile Satellite Services in Europe: Results of Market Studies and Initial System Demonstrations.
Importance: The very first European market studies for connecting trucks, ships, and trains by satellite (PRODAT program).
AIAA Conference (1988) – European Space Agency (ESA)
Authors: C. Rosetti, R. Rogard.
Topic: A New Approach for an Aerobile System.
Importance: Pioneer report on the ancestor of civil aviation satellite communications over oceans.
AIAA Conference (1988) – General Dynamics Space Systems Division
Authors: Lee R. Scherer (Former Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center) & R. C. White.
Topic: Commercial Atlas / Centaur Update (AIAA-88-0854 Communication).
Importance: A major historical document validating the privatization of American satellite launches after the Challenger shuttle tragedy in 1986.
AIAA Conference (1988) – Princeton / RCA Astro-Electronics
Author: Dr. John F. Clark (Former legendary Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center).
Topic: Future Communication Satellite Systems and Their Technology.
Importance: A rare forward-looking vision written by one of the founding fathers of American scientific satellites.
AIAA Conference (1980) – Scientific-Atlanta
Authors: James H. Black Jr., Melvin K. Coker Jr.
Topic: High Performance Ku-Band Antennas for SBS Earth Stations (AIAA 80-0533-CP).
Importance: Early engineering document (1980) on deploying ground antennas for the pioneering SBS corporate data network (IBM/Comsat).
TRW Inc. (Redondo Beach, California) – Defense and Space Systems Group
Author: D. McLaughlin.
Topic: Organizing Orbital Operations to Get Your Money's Worth.
Importance: TRW's techno-economic analysis (designer of Apollo and Pioneer modules) on optimizing costs in orbit. Technical details & State
A rare and historically coherent ensemble of 7 original technical documents in the form of offprints, published between 1980 and 1988. These working papers come directly from the professional archives of a high-level aerospace engineer. At this pivotal time, the space industry was tipping from a purely government-driven era toward privatized launches and the rise of mobile telecommunications (Ku band, Ka band, constellations). This lot constitutes a true time capsule of the transatlantic technological elite at the end of the Cold War, bringing together the major American manufacturers and the European Space Agency (ESA).
NASA / Watkins-Johnson Company (Palo Alto, California)
Topic: Production of the ACTS Downlink Traveling-Wave Tube (TWT).
Importance: Crucial factory/technical document on the traveling-wave tube intended for NASA's experimental ACTS satellite (Ka band).
AIAA Conference (1988) – European Space Agency (ESA)
Authors: P. Bartholomé, A. Jongejans, C. Loisy, R. Rogard.
Topic: Land Mobile Satellite Services in Europe: Results of Market Studies and Initial System Demonstrations.
Importance: The very first European market studies for connecting trucks, ships, and trains by satellite (PRODAT program).
AIAA Conference (1988) – European Space Agency (ESA)
Authors: C. Rosetti, R. Rogard.
Topic: A New Approach for an Aerobile System.
Importance: Pioneer report on the ancestor of civil aviation satellite communications over oceans.
AIAA Conference (1988) – General Dynamics Space Systems Division
Authors: Lee R. Scherer (Former Director of NASA's Kennedy Space Center) & R. C. White.
Topic: Commercial Atlas / Centaur Update (AIAA-88-0854 Communication).
Importance: A major historical document validating the privatization of American satellite launches after the Challenger shuttle tragedy in 1986.
AIAA Conference (1988) – Princeton / RCA Astro-Electronics
Author: Dr. John F. Clark (Former legendary Director of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center).
Topic: Future Communication Satellite Systems and Their Technology.
Importance: A rare forward-looking vision written by one of the founding fathers of American scientific satellites.
AIAA Conference (1980) – Scientific-Atlanta
Authors: James H. Black Jr., Melvin K. Coker Jr.
Topic: High Performance Ku-Band Antennas for SBS Earth Stations (AIAA 80-0533-CP).
Importance: Early engineering document (1980) on deploying ground antennas for the pioneering SBS corporate data network (IBM/Comsat).
TRW Inc. (Redondo Beach, California) – Defense and Space Systems Group
Author: D. McLaughlin.
Topic: Organizing Orbital Operations to Get Your Money's Worth.
Importance: TRW's techno-economic analysis (designer of Apollo and Pioneer modules) on optimizing costs in orbit. Technical details & State
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Number of books
11
Book title
Lot exceptionnel de revues et tirés à part originaux (AIAA / ESA / NASA) – Histoire des
Condition
Good
Publication year oldest item
1980
Publication year youngest item
1988
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