As the Soviet space-shuttle Dove orbits the earth on its maiden flight, Warsaw Pact troops crash into Poland.  What is the deadly connection between the Dove and the invasion?  The American President wants to be re-elected and he needs a spectacular – he needs to win the first stage of the war in space by capturing the Russian space shuttle. But as the President plans his coup a nuclear-armed shuttle speeds toward target America – and only defection is space can stop it.