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Orbit Magazine
Issue 54
ORBIT is the official quarterly publication of The Society, full of illustrations and
informative space stamp and space cover articles, postal auctions, space news, and a
new issues guide. (See below for viewing and download links)
Orbit Issue 54 - Published June 2002
Contents Orbit 54
The Lunar Epic - by Jean-Louis Lafon
Mercury and Gemini Anniversary Covers by Bob Taylor
A Starring Role - Scorpius and Sagittarius - Ian Ridpath
Planets and Probes: - Saturn
Intercosmos Retrospect: France 1982
Hermes Had Winged Clipped Ten Years Ago
So Was Gagarin the First ? - Follow-up
Dreamers and Visionaries by Yuri Zemchichin
So Was Gagarin the First ? 2 - Further reflections
Copycat Stamps by Antoni Rigo
A Brief History of.....Observatories
Astronomers Royal - Rev. James Bradley
Stamp Identity - Antoni Rigo
10 Years of the First Belgian in Space by Jurgen P. Esders
A few of my Favourities by Gordon Somerville
40th Birthday of Telstar by Harvey Duncan
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Orbit issue 54 has five parts.
Orbit issue 54 Part 1
Orbit issue 54 Part 2
Orbit issue 54 Part 3
Orbit issue 54 Part 4
Orbit issue 54 Part 5
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