XIth International Astronautical Congress Stockholm 1960 / XI. Internationaler Astronautischer Kongress / XIe Congrès International D’Astronautique: Proceedings Vol. I Main Sessions

Front Matter....Pages III-XI
Effects of the Interstellar Wind on the Interplanetary Plasma....Pages 1-6
About Cosmic Dust as Decelerating Factor and a General Law for Satellite Orbits....Pages 7-18
Ionization Measurements in Shocked Gases....Pages 19-24
Conductivité électrique de l’air sous l’action d’une onde de choc — formation de NO....Pages 25-29
Beitrag zur inneren Ballistik der Photonenrakete....Pages 30-39
Conditions of Compatibility of Terminal Positions and Velocities....Pages 40-44
A Nuclear-Thermionic-Ionic Propulsion System....Pages 45-54
Protective Role of Hypothermia Against X-Rays....Pages 55-61
Heliodyne: A Solar-Powered Interplanetary Vehicle....Pages 62-73
Electrostatic Propulsion Design Principles and Problems....Pages 74-82
Optical Determinations of Atmospheric Structure....Pages 83-91
The Effect of Some Physical Forces on Action Potentials in Guinea Pig Sciatic Nerve....Pages 92-96
Direct Operating Cost Analysis of a Class of Nuclear Spaceships....Pages 97-107
Die Ökosphären der veränderlichen Sterne....Pages 108-113
Application of the Jacobi Integral of Celestial Mechanics to the Terminal Guidance of Space Probes....Pages 114-124
Trajectories for Direct Vehicle Transfer from Moon to Earth....Pages 125-135
Some Notes on High Speed Medium Propulsion....Pages 136-145
Selected Areas of Structural Research in Rocket Vehicles....Pages 146-166
Ion Engine Test Laboratory Planning....Pages 167-174
A Basic Program for the 1963 Extraordinary Administrative Radio Conference on Space Communications....Pages 175-198
Biological Shielding of Nuclear Rockets....Pages 199-209
A High Efficiency Plasma Motor....Pages 210-214
Evaporative Film Cooling of Blunt Bodies in Hypersonic Flow and its Application to Re-entry Vehicles....Pages 215-226
Relation entre les émissions radioélectriques et les rayons cosmiques solaires....Pages 227-231
A Working Arc Jet Rocket Engĭne....Pages 232-245
State of the Art in Radio Tracking....Pages 246-255
Pioneer V and Explorer VI, Systems Engineered Space Probes....Pages 256-271
Space Ecological Systems 1960–1975....Pages 272-286
Communication System Design for Interplanetary Distances....Pages 287-302
Guidance and Control of “24-hour” Communication Satellites....Pages 303-310
Present and Future Propulsion Systems — a Survey....Pages 311-323
Exploitation de l’étude dynamique d’un satellite artificiel....Pages 324-329
The Post-Launch Performance of the Tiros I Satellite....Pages 330-340
Die Stabilität der Rotation eines zylinderförmigen Satelliten....Pages 341-347
Perturbation Theory of Celestial Mechanis Using Lie Series....Pages 348-350
Space Transport by In-Transit Rendezvous Techniques....Pages 351-364
On the Optimum Size of Orbital Carrier Vehicles Based on Overall Economy....Pages 365-376
On the Accuracy of an Elliptical Orbit Determination....Pages 377-384
Theorem of Image Trajectories in the Earth-Moon Space....Pages 385-391
An Attitude Control System for Extremely Small Control Forces....Pages 392-403
Experiments and Theory for Continuous Steady Acceleration of Low Density Plasmas....Pages 404-411
Food Reserves on Space Trips....Pages 412-422
Analytic Solutions to Several Optimum Orbit Transfer Proilems....Pages 423-430
Equations for Thrust Programs....Pages 431-443
A Radar System for Universal Satellite Monitoring....Pages 444-451
On the Use of Precision Frequency Signals in Space....Pages 452-461
Sea Launch of Solid-Propellant Rocket Vehicles....Pages 462-472
Free Molecule Flow over Non-Convex Surfaces....Pages 473-482
Untersuchung von Lebewesen in rotierenden Systemen....Pages 483-488
The Meteorological Satellite....Pages 489-500
A New Approach to Space Communications During Re-entry Based on the Propagation Characteristics of Electromagnetic Waves in Ionized Media....Pages 501-517
Some Problems of Physics of the Upper Atmosphere....Pages 518-524
Rotational Magnetodynamics and Steering of Space Vehicles....Pages 525-536
Exact Limit Cycle Solutions for the Single-Axis Reaction Wheel Attitude Control System....Pages 537-548
A Radio Guidance System for Space Exploration....Pages 549-560
The Practical Application of Space Nuclear Power in the 1960’s....Pages 561-574
Communications Satelite Orbits....Pages 575-592
Systems Engineering for the NASA Satellite Launcher ‘Scout’ Research Vehicle....Pages 593-597
Food to Food Process Cycle for Extended Travel in Space....Pages 598-607
De l’influence d’une réaction chimique sur la célérité du son dans un gaz....Pages 608-614
On the Reverse Side of the Moon....Pages 615-620
Abstracts of Regular Papers....Pages 621-621
Scientific Research Using Space Vehicles....Pages 631-637
United States Space Carrier Vehicle Program....Pages 638-650
Progress in Electric Propulsion Systems....Pages 651-670
Space Medicine and Astrobiology....Pages 671-687
Power Supplies for Space Vehicles....Pages 688-713
The Earth’s Atmosphere....Pages 714-714
Trajectories Above the Denser Portions of the Earth’s Atmosphere....Pages 714-714
Guidance Problems of Space Flight....Pages 714-714
Erratum to: An Attitude Control System for Extremely Small Control Forces....Pages 715-715
Erratum to: Communications Satelite Orbits....Pages 715-715