Satgen168    Useful Publications           by GM4IHJ            14 June 92

I have been asked to publish an up to date list of useful Space books and
magazines.

Practical Satellite Operations Books ...................................
      Title                  Author             Source
RSGB Space Radio Handbook   J Branegan  RSGB Lambda House Cranborne Rd
                                        Potters Bar Herts EN6 3JE
Satellite Experimenters     M Davidoff  Amsat 850 Sligo, Suite 600, Silver
Handbook                                Spring, MD 20910 .  301-589-6062
The Mir Manual              J Branegan  8 Whitehills Saline Fife KY12 9UJ
The Uo5 Manual              J Branegan  8 Whitehills Saline Fife KY12 9UJ
Decoding Telemetry from     G Smith     Amsat as above
the Amateur Satellites
Weather Satellites          R Taggart   Amsat as above

History and Theory Books ...............................................
Astronomical Formulae for   J Meuss     Willmann Bell Po Box 35025
Calculators                             Richmond Va 23235
Methods Orbit Determination Boulet      Willmann-Bell as above
for the Microcomputer
Fundamentals of Astrodynamics Bate      Dover Publications USA
Orbital Motion               A E Roy    Adam Hilger UK
Cambridge Encyclopedia of    M Rycroft  Cambridge UP UK
Space

Magazines ................................................................
Aviation and Space Week *               From News Agents
Flight International *                  From News Agents
SpaceFlight **                          BIS 27 S Lambeth Rd London SW8 1SZ
Oscar Satellite Report*R Myers Communications PoBox17108 Fountain Hills Az
Satellite Operator **                   R Myers as above
Journal of Environmental           Dallas Remote Imaging Group PoBox117088
Satellite Amateur User Group *          Carrollton Tx
Practical Wireless **         P Gowen   Enefco House The Quay Poole Dorset
Amsat DL Journal **  ( in German)    Amsat DLev Holderstrauch 3350 Marburg

For all round satellite data use the RSGB Space Radio Handbook. The Uo5
manual and the Mir manual are special to those birds. The Telemetry decode
book is very complete and the Taggart Weather sat book gets recommends.
The Cambridge Encyclopedia is a coffee table pictorial history of the
Space age. While Fundamentals in Astrodynamics is " How to fly a
Spacecraft" - PROVIDED you have Degree Maths. Orbit Determination has as a
separate addition , disks of software, and Orbital Motions is a full math
treatment of Orbits. For Planetary and Lunar problems Meuss is recommended
There are quite a few magazines with space data, I have listed those I
find useful (*), and very useful (**) . 73 de John GM4IHJ @ GB7SAN