dc.contributor.author
Muszyński-Sulima, Wawrzyniec
dc.date.accessioned
2023-11-06T12:09:23Z
dc.date.available
2023-11-06T12:09:23Z
dc.identifier.uri
https://refubium.fu-berlin.de/handle/fub188/41442
dc.identifier.uri
http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-41164
dc.description.abstract
This article traces the history of US and Soviet reconnaissance satellites during the Cold War. It fills the gap in historiography of the Space Race that has inadequately studied military space programs and focused largely on civilian spaceflight, with the Apollo Moon landings being a prime example. It argues that the military satellites employed by both the US and Soviets offered unprecedented amounts of information on the other side and eliminated the issue of lacking intelligence that characterized the early Cold War. This in turn allowed for a more peaceful coexistence between these two ideologically opposed superpowers. Spy satellites allowed for a better assessment of the other side’s military strength, created a system of early warning for nuclear attacks, and offered a non-invasive way of verifying arms control treaties. These reconnaissance satellites and their successors play this important role up to this day.
en
dc.format.extent
21 Seiten
dc.rights.uri
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject
reconnaissance satellites
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dc.subject
overhead reconnaissance
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dc.subject.ddc
900 Geschichte und Geografie::900 Geschichte::909 Weltgeschichte
dc.title
Cold War in Space: Reconnaissance Satellites and US-Soviet Security Competition
dc.type
Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.doi
10.4000/ejas.20427
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.journaltitle
European Journal of American Studies
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.number
2
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.volume
18
dcterms.bibliographicCitation.url
https://doi.org/10.4000/ejas.20427
refubium.affiliation
John-F.-Kennedy-Institut für Nordamerikastudien (JFKI)
refubium.resourceType.isindependentpub
no
dcterms.accessRights.openaire
open access
dcterms.isPartOf.eissn
1991-9336
refubium.resourceType.provider
WoS-Alert