Owen Wilkes
Biographic Data
| ID | 5860003 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Owen Wilkes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Owen |
| FAMILY NAME | Wilkes |
| SIGNATURE | WILKES O |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Peace Research Institute, Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 1 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 1 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1978 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Optical Satellite Tracking
The role of military research and development in the arms race and the role of universities in promoting military R&D have been described in many previous studies. This article describes how two universities (in Norway and New Zealand) took the further step of getting involved in servicing a direct operational need of the US Air Force. A Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera was operated for the US Air Force by the University of Oslo between 1959 …
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Optical Satellite Tracking
The role of military research and development in the arms race and the role of universities in promoting military R&D have been described in many previous studies. This article describes how two universities (in Norway and New Zealand) took the further step of getting involved in servicing a direct operational need of the US Air Force. A Baker-Nunn satellite tracking camera was operated for the US Air Force by the University of Oslo between 1959 …
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