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Antisatellites (Killer Satellites)

Description: This issue brief discusses "killer satellites," the unofficial moniker for antisatellite (ASAT) missiles possessed by the Soviet Union in the 1970s and 1980s, as well as U.S. efforts to develop ASAT systems and simultaneously limit their development and use.
Date: March 21, 1983
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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Space Shuttle

Description: The national Aeronautics an6 Space Administration's major manner program of the post-Apollo era is the development of a space transportation system (STS) based on a reusable space shuttle launch vehicle. Funded since FY71, the shuttle program is coming to fruition: the space shuttle successfully completed its series of four test flights on July 4, 1982. The first operational f1ig; fit was successfully completed in November 1982. The next shuttle flight has been delayed because of leaks in one o… more
Date: March 21, 1983
Creator: Smith, Marcia S.
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