Surveillance From Space

Author : Francisco Klauser
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473987883

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Surveillance and Space by Francisco Klauser Pdf

The digital age is also a surveillance age. Today, computerized systems protect and manage our everyday life; the increasing number of surveillance cameras in public places, the computerized loyalty systems of the retail sector, geo-localized smart-phone applications, or smart traffic and navigation systems. Surveillance is nothing fundamentally new, and yet more and more questions are being asked: Who monitors whom, and how and why? How do surveillance techniques affect socio-spatial practices and relationships? How do they shape the fabrics of our cities, our mobilities, the spaces of the everyday? And what are the implications in terms of border control and the exercise of political power? Surveillance and Space responds to these modern questions by exploring the complex and varied interactions between surveillance and space. In doing so, the book also advances a programmatic reflection on the very possibility of a ‘political geography of surveillance’.

Author : George Lindsey,Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Artificial satellites in remote sensing
ISBN : UOM:39015028408626

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Surveillance from Space by George Lindsey,Canadian Institute for International Peace and Security Pdf

This document presents information on Canada's geostrategic situation; Canadian space programmes; future Canadian international alignments; space-based surveillance and Canadian technology; ground-based, sea-based, airborne, and space-based surveillance; the military significance of space; space and ballistic missile defence; space and air defence; arms control, disarmament, peacekeeping, and space; peacetime requirements for control over non-cooperating parties; monitoring of the environment and of natural disasters; and the many other potential benefits of space surveillance.

Author : Pat Norris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010-11-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781441969385

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Watching Earth from Space by Pat Norris Pdf

Our planet is constantly monitored by hundreds of space-borne instruments. This book describes the technology of those instruments and the sciences that provide useful information from them. It also discusses the political implications of space-borne monitoring. From the moment satellites were launched into orbit their ability to see what was happening on a global scale was appreciated — and feared. This well researched book strives to answer such diverse questions as: Are satellites really a threat to individual privacy? How bad, really, is climate change and global warming? Why can’t we find Osama bin Laden? Does the world have enough fresh water? The military side of the story is linked to the big security issues that we face, such as terrorism and civil wars. The civilian side of the story involves numerous successful collaborations in weather forecasting, navigation, communications, and other such "peaceful" uses of satellite surveillance. How the world handles the knowledge gained from these Earth watchers will be critical in the years to come, and Norris skillfully leads us through the issues and possible paths we can take.

Author : Francisco Klauser
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781473987128

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Surveillance and Space by Francisco Klauser Pdf

The digital age is also a surveillance age. Today, computerized systems protect and manage our everyday life; the increasing number of surveillance cameras in public places, the computerized loyalty systems of the retail sector, geo-localized smart-phone applications, or smart traffic and navigation systems. Surveillance is nothing fundamentally new, and yet more and more questions are being asked: Who monitors whom, and how and why? How do surveillance techniques affect socio-spatial practices and relationships? How do they shape the fabrics of our cities, our mobilities, the spaces of the everyday? And what are the implications in terms of border control and the exercise of political power? Surveillance and Space responds to these modern questions by exploring the complex and varied interactions between surveillance and space. In doing so, the book also advances a programmatic reflection on the very possibility of a ‘political geography of surveillance’.

Author : Ramaswamy Sridharan,Antonio F. Pensa
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 391 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780262549950

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Perspectives in Space Surveillance by Ramaswamy Sridharan,Antonio F. Pensa Pdf

The development of deep space surveillance technology and its later application to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory from 1970 to 2000. In the 1950s, the United States and the Soviet Union raced to develop space-based intelligence gathering capability. The Soviets succeeded first, with SPUTNIK I in 1957. The United States began to monitor the growing Soviet space presence by developing technology for the detection and tracking of man-made resident space objects (RSOs) in near-Earth orbit. In 1972, the Soviet Union launched a satellite into deep space orbit, and the U.S. government called on MIT Lincoln Laboratory to develop deep space surveillance technology. This book describes these developments, as well as the later application of deep space surveillance technology to near-Earth surveillance, covering work at Lincoln Laboratory on space surveillance from 1970 to 2000. The contributors, all key participants in developing these technologies, discuss topics that include narrow beam, narrow bandwidth radar for deep surveillance; wide bandwidth radar for RSO monitoring; ground-based electro-optical deep space surveillance and its adaptation for space-based surveillance; radar as the means of real-time search and discovery techniques; methods of analyses of signature data from narrow bandwidth radars; and the collision hazard for satellites in geosynchronous orbit, stemming initially from the failure of TELSTAR 401. They also describe some unintended byproducts of this pioneering work, including the use of optical space surveillance techniques for near-Earth asteroid detection. Contributors Rick Abbott, Robert Bergemann, E.M. Gaposchkin, Israel Kupiec, Richard Lambour, Antonio F. Pensa, Eugene Rork, Jayant Sharma, Craig Solodyna, Ramaswamy Sridharan, J. Scott Stuart, George Zollinger

Author : Bryce Clayton Newell,Tjerk Timan,Bert-Jaap Koops
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351780186

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Surveillance, Privacy and Public Space by Bryce Clayton Newell,Tjerk Timan,Bert-Jaap Koops Pdf

Today, public space has become a fruitful venue for surveillance of many kinds. Emerging surveillance technologies used by governments, corporations, and even individual members of the public are reshaping the very nature of physical public space. Especially in urban environments, the ability of individuals to remain private or anonymous is being challenged. Surveillance, Privacy, and Public Space problematizes our traditional understanding of ‘public space’. The chapter authors explore intertwined concepts to develop current privacy theory and frame future scholarly debate on the regulation of surveillance in public spaces. This book also explores alternative understandings of the impacts that modern living and technological progress have on the experience of being in public, as well as the very nature of what public space really is. Representing a range of disciplines and methods, this book provides a broad overview of the changing nature of public space and the complex interactions between emerging forms of surveillance and personal privacy in these public spaces. It will appeal to scholars and students in a variety of academic disciplines, including sociology, surveillance studies, urban studies, philosophy, law, communication and media studies, political science, and criminology.

Author : Pat Norris
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780387716725

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Spies in the Sky by Pat Norris Pdf

In this book, Patrick Norris responds to the 50th Anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age – the launch of Sputnik 1 – with a review of the most important historical applications of space science for the benefit of the human race during that half century, focusing on the prevention of nuclear war. In developing this story Norris illuminates a little-known aspect of the Space Age, namely the military dimension.

Author : Thomas Y. Levin,Ursula Frohne,Peter Weibel
Publisher : MIT Press (MA)
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UOM:39015056436630

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Ctrl [space] by Thomas Y. Levin,Ursula Frohne,Peter Weibel Pdf

The unknown history of surveillance in relation to changing systems of representation and visual arts practice.

Author : Mark Maguire
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781479863013

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Spaces of Security by Mark Maguire Pdf

An ethnographic investigation into the dynamics between space and security in countries around the world It is difficult to imagine two contexts as different as a soccer stadium and a panic room. Yet, they both demonstrate dynamics of the interplay between security and space. This book focuses on the infrastructures of security, considering locations as varied as public entertainment venues to border walls to blast-proof bedrooms. Around the world, experts, organizations, and governments are managing societies in the name of security, while scholars and commentators are writing about surveillance, state violence, and new technologies. Yet in spite of the growing emphasis on security, few truly consider the spatial dimensions of security, and particularly how the relationship between space and security varies across cultures. This volume explores spaces of security not only by attending to how security is produced by and in spaces, but also by emphasizing the ways in which it is constructed in the contemporary landscape. The book explores diverse contexts ranging from biometrics in India to counterterrorism in East Africa to border security in Argentina. The ethnographic studies demonstrate the power of a spatial lens to highlight aspects of security that otherwise remain hidden, while also adding clarity to an elusive and dangerous way of managing the world.

Author : United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Artificial satellites
ISBN : UIUC:30112004809890

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Space Surveillance by United States. General Accounting Office Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428979055

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Space surveillance DOD and NASA need consolidated requirements and a coordinated plan : report to congressional requesters by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Moltz
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2011-06-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804778589

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The Politics of Space Security by James Moltz Pdf

The past five decades have witnessed often fierce international rivalry in space, but also surprising military restraint. Now, with an increasing number of countries capable of harming U.S. space assets, experts and officials have renewed a long-standing debate over the best route to space security. Some argue that space defenses will be needed to protect critical military and civilian satellites. Others argue that space should be a "sanctuary" from deployed weapons and military conflict, particularly given the worsening threat posed by orbital space debris. Moltz puts this debate into historical context by explaining the main trends in military space developments since Sputnik, their underlying causes, and the factors that are likely to influence their future course. This new edition provides analysis of the Obama administration's space policy and the rise of new actors, including China, India, and Iran. His conclusion offers a unique perspective on the mutual risks militaries face in space and the need for all countries to commit to interdependent, environmentally focused space security.

Author : Melissa de Zwart,Stacey Henderson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2021-02-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789811589249

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Commercial and Military Uses of Outer Space by Melissa de Zwart,Stacey Henderson Pdf

This edited book brings together a diverse range of chapters on space related topics. The authors included in this book are drawn from Australia and overseas, from academia, government, industry, civil society and the military. This book contains chapters that cover topics such as law, science, archaeology, defence, policy, and more, all with a focus on space. This edited collection is a timely international and interdisciplinary book, which addresses some of the contemporary issues facing activities in space and those attempting to understand, use and regulate the space domain. This edited book seeks to normalise the role of women as experts in the space sector, by not calling attention to the fact that all the authors are women – they are all experts in their respective fields who just happen to be women. Bringing together these contributions in this book in turn promotes the inclusion of diversity in the space sector. This edited collection is an opportunity to influence the development of the space industry – in terms of gender diversity, and diversity of disciplines and thinking – while it is in its formative stage, rather than trying to redress imbalances once they are entrenched in the industry.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1784
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:460271204

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Lettres d'un souverain philosophe à un véritable ami, à ses ministres et à différens particuliers, ... par le chevalier B**** by Anonim Pdf

Author : John Edward McGrath
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Art
ISBN : 0415275377

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Loving Big Brother by John Edward McGrath Pdf

In this account of the uses of surveillance in art, performance and popular culture, John E. McGrath puts forward the idea that we have much to gain from the experience of being watched.