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  1. A Simple Solution: Wobble Stopper

    Date released
    1977
    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    209
    NoS ID
    325894
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: Years of painstaking precision engineering go into the manufacture of a single satellite, fitting it out for its years of work in space. But the long thin shape of most satellites contains a...

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  2. Fylingdales Early Warning

    Date released
    5 May 1966
    Series name
    Colour Pictorial
    Issue no
    593
    NoS ID
    121752
    Story no
    1 / 2
    Extras
    1 film clip

    Pathe synopsis: The weird radar domes perched on remote Fylingdales Moor look like a lunar outpost but they really are evidence that we’re in the space age. It’s the Ballistic Missile Early Warning...

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  3. Chinese satellite to hit Earth (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Dr. Richard Crowther, Principal Scientific Officer at the UK Defence Research Agency, on a rogue Chinese satellite, which is plummeting to earth from outer space and its chances of hitting...

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  4. Gravitation (2005)

    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 29 minutes), £35.00

    Explains Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation and gravitational field strength, especially when applied to satellite orbits. Demonstrates the equations involved throughout, and features worked examples...

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  5. French reaction to Challenger space shuttle disaster (1986)

    Genre
    News report

    Report on the French reaction to the Challenger space shuttle disaster, and the implications for European Space Agency projects. Male reporter not identified.

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  6. A Big Job

    Date released
    22 Aug 1960
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1629
    NoS ID
    023738
    Story no
    2 / 6

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: A Big Job. DESCRIPTION: Britain’s giant radio telescope at Jodrell Bank is undergoing a major overhaul. The telescope itself has done many a big job, tracking satellites, but...

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  7. Chinese satellite to hit Earth (1996)

    Genre
    Interview

    Interview with Brian Reardon, London Fire Brigade, on a rogue Chinese satellite, which is plummeting to earth and may hit Britain. Interviewer not identified.

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  8. Your Flight in Their Hands (1993 Video)

    Director
    Richard Vaughan
    Producer
    Chris Haws
    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at how air traffic control works and at the revolution in aircraft guidance systems involving satellites, computers and automatic collision-avoidance systems.

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  9. Pollution Solution, The (1976 Film)

    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Considers the surveillance and monitoring capabilities of earth orbiting satellites using acid waste pollution as a case study. Discusses the use of LANDSAT for information in reclaiming land after...

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  10. New Statesman Zircon article (1987)

    Genre
    Interview; News report

    Report on the police raid on the New Statesman offices, following publication of an article by Duncan Campbell on the Zircon spy satellite system. Includes interview with a spokesman for the magazine. Male...

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