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Sounding rockets and space satellites are, in principle, the same as optical and radio telescopes, being simply tools that enable astronomers to understand the universe. In a book on astronomy the results are more important than the tools, and so, in this chapter, I have outlined only some of the sounding rocket and spacecraft missions, to give a flavour of their contributions to astronomy. Their more detailed contributions are included in the general text above.
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Leverington, D. (1995). Space Research. In: A History of Astronomy. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-2124-4_16
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