This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed reference with comprehensive details on launch programs: performance data, flight records, failure descriptions and more. Organized alphabetically by system it reflects the international cooperation in vehicle development, marketing and operation.
Packed with illustrations and figures, this fourth edition offers a quick and easy data retrieval source for policymakers, planners, engineers, launch buyers, and students. Standard sections describe each of the launch systems in detail, including:
One-page vehicle summaries
Cost
, availability
, performance graphs
for a variety of orbits
Flight history
with failure descriptions
Vehicle design and technical data
Payload accommodations
Production and launch operations
Vehicle history
.
About the authors
Steven J. Isakowitz is the President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation. He has received numerous awards and citations, among them NASA
’s Outstanding Leadership Medal
and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award
. Isakowitz serves on various advisory boards at both MIT
and Cal State Long Beach
, and has served on the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)
This best-selling reference guide contains the most reliable and comprehensive material on launch programs in Brazil, China, Europe, India, Israel, Japan, Russia, Ukraine, and the United States.
International Reference Guide to Space Launch Systems is a industry-endorsed reference with comprehensive details on launch programs: performance data, flight records, failure descriptions and more. Organized alphabetically by system it reflects the international cooperation in vehicle development, marketing and operation.
Packed with illustrations and figures, this fourth edition offers a quick and easy data retrieval source for policymakers, planners, engineers, launch buyers, and students. Standard sections describe each of the launch systems in detail, including:
One-page vehicle summaries
Cost
, availability
, performance graphs
for a variety of orbits
Flight history
with failure descriptions
Vehicle design and technical data
Payload accommodations
Production and launch operations
Vehicle history
.
About the authors
Steven J. Isakowitz is the President and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation. He has received numerous awards and citations, among them NASA
’s Outstanding Leadership Medal
and the Presidential Distinguished Rank Award
. Isakowitz serves on various advisory boards at both MIT
and Cal State Long Beach
, and has served on the FAA’s Commercial Space Transportation Advisory Committee. (Source: Wikipedia)