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13 results found for '"Artificial satellites"' in Keywords.
GEOS satellite mission (1977)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with unidentified male speaker about the GEOS (Geodetic Earth Orbiting Satellite) satellite mission. Male interviewer not identified.
The space race (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Norman Beebe reports on the space race, which the United States entered 20 years ago today with the launch of its first satellite into orbit. Recently, the Soviets’ Cosmos 954 was powered by a nuclear...
Soviet satellite crash (1978)
- Genre
- News report; Press conference
Report on the crash of the Soviets’ Cosmos 954 satellite near Great Slave Lake, Canada (24/01/78). Despite US early assurances that there had been no nuclear matter on board, it was subsequently admitted...
Soviet satellite crash (1978)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Jeff Harwell, Canadian Department of National Defence on possible radioactivity of nuclear-powered Soviet satellite which crashed in northern Canada on 24/01/78. Male interviewer not identified.
Ariane failure and loss of satellites (1982)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with Guntis Berzins of Inmarsat on the failure of the first commercial space flight of the European rocket Ariane together with the loss of the Marecs B and Siro satellites. Includes sound of...
Cosmos 1402 satellite out of control (1983)
- Genre
- News report; Interview; Press conference
Report on the Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402, containing radioactive material, being found to be out of control and on possible crash landing at unpredictable location. US Staff Sergeant Ed Rascoe briefs the...
Cosmos 1402 satellite out of control (1983)
- Genre
- Interview
Interview with amateur astronomer Geoff Perry of Kettering Boys School on the Soviet satellite Cosmos 1402 which was thought to be out of control and likely to crash on Earth, and its self-destruction by a...
Alan Johnstone on Giotto space satellite (1986)
- Genre
- Interview
Scientist Dr Alan Johnstone on the European satellite, Giotto, damage to which has affected its mission to Halley’s Comet. Johnstone describes the damage, after which only three of ten experiments were...
Margaret Thatcher interview (1987)
- Genre
- Interview
Peter Murphy interview with Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Discussion of the Zircon spy satellite project, which was leaked by Duncan Campbell of the New Statesman. On the timing of the next election...
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...