Terror by Satellite

First edition cover showing refugees fleeing in the vegetation destroyed by the mad scientist Commander Hendricks.
Author	Hugh Walters
Cover artist	Leslie Wood
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	Chris Godfrey of U.N.E.X.A
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Faber
Publication date	1964
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	159
Dewey Decimal	823.91
Preceded by	Destination Mars
Followed by	Journey to Jupiter

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. It was later published in Portugal by Galeria Panorama, as Pânico no satélite.

Plot summary

Tony Hale, skilled engineer and amateur radio ham, smuggles a home-made transceiver on board an Earth-orbiting satellite during his tour of duty. This proves invaluable as the commander of the satellite, Hendriks, 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.