From the sea to the stars : a chronicle of the U.S. Navy's space and space related activities, 1944-2009 / edited by the Applied Research Laboratory and the Pennsylvania State University.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Pennsylvania State University. Applied Research Laboratory, editor.

Naval History & Heritage Command (U.S.), issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Navy--History.

United States.

United States. Navy.

Artificial satellites, American--History.

Artificial satellites, American.

Space surveillance--United States--History.

Space surveillance.

Astronautics, Military--United States.

Astronautics, Military.

Genre:

Online resources.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 246 pages : illustrations

Edition:

Revised and updated edition.

Other Title:

Chronicle of the U.S. Navy's space and space related activities, 1944-2009

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [Naval History & Heritage Command], 2010.

Summary:

This book tells the story of the U.S. Navy's first half century of space and space-related activities to support its sea, air, and land-projection operations. Much of its satellite capability was acquired jointly in cooperation with the other military services and agencies of the U.S. It is important to note that the United States does not at this writing have either spacecraft-based weapons systems or plans to acquire them (and if it did, that their acquisition and operation would very likely come under the Air Force rather than the Navy.). This is a chronicle of the United States Navy's space and space related activities from 1944 -2009. The importance of space and space-related activities to support global military operations has expanded significantly over the past 50 years--and is still evolving. Today, the U.S. Navy is perhaps the most reliant of all the Services on space for communications, navigation, surveillance, weather, and oceanographic support. In today's multi-dimensional environment it is important to recognize the historic role the Navy has played in space systems development.

Contents:

Ch. 1. The Navy gets involved in space (1944-1961).

ch. 2. Satellites for strategic defense (1961-1970).

ch. 3.

Navy tactical applications of space emerge in the 1970's.

ch. 4. Maturing of navy space-based tactical support (1980-1991).

ch. 5. Navy space challenges: uncertainty and resolution (1992-2003).

ch. 6. Re-emergence of navy space in the twenty-first century (2004-2009).

Epilogue Navy space in 2009: a fifty year retrospective.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (277-231) and index.

"The principal authors of the current version were Dr. Robert Hess, Dr. Bruce Wald, Mr. Kent Pelot, and Mr. Fred Glaeser. Other significant contributors were Mr. Lee Hammarstrom, Mr. Michael Hurley, Dr. Robert McCoy, Mr. Vance Morrison, Mr. Randy Nees, Mr. John Newell, Mr. Troy Tworek, Dr. Wayne Vaneman, Mr. Gegory Tornatore, and the OPNAV N6 staff. The manuscript was reviewed by Admiral William Smith (Ret), Rear Admiral Thomas Betterton (Ret), and Rear Admiral Rand Fisher (Ret). Dr. Richard Hughes at Penn State ARL served as the editor-in-chief. Special thanks go to Mr. John Thackrah, who provided strong encouragement and support, and to the National Reconnaissance Office, which provided a thorough security review of the manuscript."--Acknowledgements.

Online resource, PDF version; title from PDF title page (NHHC, viewed May 24, 2018).

OCLC:

867744385