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Mar 1, 1954

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume I

An analysis of the potential of an unconventional reconnaissance method whereby inaccessible points on the earth may be viewed by television from a satellite orbiting at 300-mi altitude. The current code name for this project is "Feed Back."
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Mar 1, 1954

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume II

This volume contains information on the specific design aspects of the Feed Back device.
Research

Aug 1, 1953

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

A 1953 RAND study that investigates the problem of prediction of airplane drag divergence Mach number and provides an empirically determined expression that is applicable to clean airplane configurations.
Research

Jun 24, 1953

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

A study of the turbulent boundary-layer drag for production-type or nonideal aircraft surfaces.
Research

Apr 1, 1951

Utility of a Satellite Vehicle for Reconnaissance

The authors investigate the utility of an earth-circling space vehicle as a reconnaissance device. They conclude that TV satellites are feasible and likely to be useful if built and operated.
Research

Oct 4, 1950

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

This paper deals with the probable political effects resulting from the launching of a satellite vehicle under United States auspices, and from its successful use for purposes of military intelligence.
Research

Aug 30, 1949

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

An analysis of a freely expanding turbulent jet.
Research

Jan 1, 1947

Communication and Observation Problems of a Satellite

This report comprises a discussion of problems and requirements of instrumentation for communication between ground stations and a man-made satellite on an orbit above the earth's equator.
Research

Jul 1, 1946

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

More than eleven years before the orbiting of Sputnik, history's first artificial space satellite, Project RAND released its first report: Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship (SM-11827), May 2, 1946.

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Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume I

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume II

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

Utility of a Satellite Vehicle for Reconnaissance

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

Communication and Observation Problems of a Satellite

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

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Related Topics

China Is Going to the Moon by 2030. Here's What's We Know and Why It Matters

Can Brazil Become a Regional Space Power?

Explore RAND’s Work on this Topic

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Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume I

Project Feedback Summary Report: Volume II

An Empirical Method for the Prediction of Airplane Drag Divergence Mach Number

Boundary Layer Drag for Non-Smooth Surfaces

Utility of a Satellite Vehicle for Reconnaissance

The Satellite Rocket Vehicle: Political and Psychological Problems

Mixing in Inhomogeneous Gas Jets

Communication and Observation Problems of a Satellite

Preliminary Design of an Experimental World-Circling Spaceship

Oops! An unexpected error has occurred.