1960s
cold war
comint satellites
elint
imperial japanese navy
leo satellite
lowearthorbit
national reconnaissance office
sigint
signals intelligence
soviet union
strategic reconnaissance
united states
world war ii
The recent near space manoeuvring thread features work by J P Aerospace and got me thinking that their airship to orbit (ATO) programme deserves its own thread.
ATO is one of the more original (many say impossible!) ideas for getting to LEO. Following ATO description is taken from attached PDF...
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