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- Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
A satellite is an object that is in orbit around an object in space of a larger size Things such as the Earth's Moon or Pluto's Charon are natural satellites Humans have also created artificial satellites—human-made machines and spacecraft in orbit around our Earth or other objects in our galaxy These types of satellites have fundamentally changed humanity—such as connecting us with
- 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 !
- 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
- 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
- Telstar - National Air and Space Museum
Telstar, launched in 1962, was the first active communications satellite: it received microwave signals from ground stations and retransmitted them across vast distances back to Earth
- 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
- Venus | National Air and Space Museum
A natural satellite is a naturally occurring object that is in orbit around an object in space of a larger size Earth's natural satellite is the Moon, but many objects in our Solar System have multiple natural satellites
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