Terror by Satellite

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Terror by Satellite is a juvenile science fiction novel, the seventh in Hugh Walters' Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A. series. It was published in 1964, in the UK by Faber and in the US by Criterion Books.

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Tony Hale, skilled engineer and amateur radio ham, smuggles a home-made transceiver on board an Earth-orbitting satellite during his tour of duty. This proves invaluable as the commander of the satellite, Hendricks is a megalomaniac and demands to be made 'Dictator of the World'. To back up this demand, he begins destroying swathes of the Earth's surface using a radiation beam. The only secure link between the Earth and the satellite is Tony's radio...