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- Cest quoi un satellite ? | Espace des sciences
C'est quoi un satellite ? GRANDES QUESTIONS C'est un objet qui tourne autour d'une planète Il peut tourner autour de la Terre … ou d'une autre planète ! La Lune est le seul satellite naturel de notre planète Terre Mais par exemple, Mars en possède 2 et Jupiter plus de 60 !
- Applications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
In the tense years of the Cold War, applications satellites evolved down two separate paths: one devoted to national security needs, the other to civilian interests
- Ariel 1 Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
This is a replica of Ariel-1 satellite, the world's first internationally conceived and executed satellite The flight model was designed and built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) and carried six British experiments designed to study the ionosphere and its relationship to solar radiation, including cosmic ray, solar emission and ionospheric experiments This first in a series of
- Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
Learn about how a communications satellite works and how it helps us to connect to each other around the world
- Three Ways Satellites Help Us Understand Our Environment
A young male manta ray with a satellite tag in southern Florida The tag is attached in a safe manner, so as not to hurt the animal or reduce its ability to swim Image courtesy of NOAA From the ozone to underwater life, satellites help us understand our environment In some cases, satellites enable us to take steps to protect it
- Telstar and the World of 1962 - National Air and Space Museum
Last week, the Museum recognized the 50th anniversary of Telstar, the first “active” satellite (one that can receive a radio signal from a ground station and then immediately re-transmit it to another) and the first technology of any kind that enabled transatlantic television transmissions In 1962, both accomplishments generated intense interest, excitement, and commentary
- Explorer - National Air and Space Museum
Explorer-1 was the United States' first successful orbiting satellite Following the failure of Vanguard in December 1957, the JPL- ABMA group was permitted to adapt the Jupiter-C reentry test vehicle to carry an instrumented satellite into earth orbit The resulting Explorer-1 satellite was successfully launched and placed into Earth orbit on January 31, 1958 Explorer-1, also known
- Applications Technology Satellite, ATS-1 - National Air and Space Museum
Launched in 1966, Applications Technology Satellite 1 (ATS 1) was the first in a series of six satellites sponsored by NASA to test out new technologies in space communications and, to a lesser extent, in meteorology and understanding the space environment Positioned in geostationary orbits, these satellites primarily were intended to provide research and development support to the new
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