Space Technology Laboratories / SSD / Naval Research Laboratory / Infrared Early Warning Systems / Global Protection Against Limited / Project Spike / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / General Dynamics / Douglas Aircraft Company / Astronautics Laboratory / Air Force Astronautics Laboratory / Nike / STP / GE / Air University Press / Antisatellite Systems / Boeing / Airlaunched ASAT / Ling-TEMCO-Vought / /
Continent
America / /
Country
United Kingdom / Iraq / United States / Soviet Union / /
Currency
USD / pence / /
Facility
Vandenberg AFB / R&D Facility / Edwards AFB / Ramo-Wooldridge hangar / Manned Orbiting Laboratory / Air Force Astronautics Laboratory / Astronautics Laboratory / Wright Patterson AFB / Naval Research Laboratory / Naval Ordnance Test Station / Angeles AFB / Los Angeles International Airport / /
IndustryTerm
launch site / operational satellite system / directed energy weapons / tactical satellite communications / systems / surveillance systems / satellite-inspection capability / technology demonstration / miniature imaging system / gas ionization / propulsion systems / experimental satellite / directed and kinetic energy weapons / ground equipment / operational military satellite systems / advisory contractor / scientific satellite / ingenious solutions / selected satellite / technology experiments / /
NaturalFeature
Cape Canaveral / Johnston Island / /
Organization
Air Force’s office of Aerospace Research / U.S. Naval Space Command / Air Force Secretariat / Air Force Systems Command / Defense Acquisition Board / SMC / Strategic Defense Initiative Organization / Army Ballistic Missile Agency / Army / Wright Air Development Center / Navy / Advanced Research Projects Agency / United States Army / Group of Eight / Eisenhower administration / Air Defense Command / Missile Defense Agency / Ballistic Missile Defense Organization / Air Force Space Command / Congress / U.S. Space Command / National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Air Force Ballistic Missile Division / Department of Defense / office of the Secretary / Development Center / /
Person
Clayton K.S. Chun / James Abrahamson / Lyndon B. Johnson / David N. Spires / Schriever / Robert Herres / Thomas P. Taverney / Robert S. McNamara / Gerald Ford / Wright Air Left / /
Position
President / vice admiral and head / General / technical advisory contractor / admiral / Major General / Secretary of Defense / Director of Defense Research and Engineering / Administrator for Space Flight and later as Administrator / general officer / artist / commander / lieutenant general and Director / /