Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
30 Dec 2024 at 4:08pm
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.
Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
30 Dec 2024 at 1:44pm
Communications Satellites Help Connect Us To Each Other. With the invention of things like airplanes and jet engines, our understanding of the planet shifted: Earth was becoming one connected planet?one global neighborhood. Communications satellites played a major role in this shift. Connecting with satellites
Applications Satellites | National Air and Space Museum
29 Dec 2024 at 4:59pm
In the tense years of the Cold War, such spacecraft (known as applications satellites) evolved down two separate paths: one devoted to national security needs, the other to civilian interests. Today, hundreds of civilian and military applications satellites ring the Earth, often operating side-by-side in orbit.
Applications Technology Satellite, ATS-1 - National Air and Space Museum
26 Dec 2024 at 12:59pm
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.
Military Reconnaissance | National Air and Space Museum
1 Jan 2025 at 2:00am
From 1960 to 1972, more than 100 Corona missions took over 800,000 photographs. As cameras and imaging techniques improved, Corona and other high-resolution reconnaissance satellites provided increasingly detailed information to U.S. intelligence analysts. In this video, listen to curator James David talk about the Corona spy satellite.
Pluto | National Air and Space Museum
30 Dec 2024 at 2:49pm
Earth's natural satellite is the Moon, but many objects in our Solar System have multiple natural satellites. Humans have also created artificial satellites?human-made machines and spacecraft in orbit around our Earth or other objects in our galaxy.
Corona Spy Satellite Camera in Space Race
28 Dec 2024 at 3:20pm
More advanced reconnaissance satellites - still classified - have since replaced Corona. Photos taken by Corona spy satellites were returned to Earth in nose cone capsules like this one, which was recovered from orbit in May 1972 during the final Corona mission.
Telstar | National Air and Space Museum
29 Dec 2024 at 4:13am
It was the model for all subsequent communications satellites. Country of Origin United States of America Type SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Communications Manufacturer AT&T Dimensions Overall (Satellite with red antenna cover): 86.4 × 111.8cm, 86.9kg (2 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. 8 in., 191.5lb.)
TIROS Meteorological Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
26 Dec 2024 at 8:44pm
By the mid 1960s, the civilian TIROS program launched a series of satellites to provide routine, daily weather observations. The program is still in operation today and, in conjunction with other weather satellites, has made space-based weather observations a commonplace of contemporary life.
What Can You Really See From Space?
30 Dec 2024 at 4:36pm
A few non-military satellites can see objects down to about half the size of a car. Some military satellites can still see even smaller things. But that does not tell us the whole story. For most applications we need to see larger areas, which requires other satellites that observe at a different scale.
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30 Dec 2024 at 4:08pm
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.
Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
30 Dec 2024 at 1:44pm
Communications Satellites Help Connect Us To Each Other. With the invention of things like airplanes and jet engines, our understanding of the planet shifted: Earth was becoming one connected planet?one global neighborhood. Communications satellites played a major role in this shift. Connecting with satellites
Applications Satellites | National Air and Space Museum
29 Dec 2024 at 4:59pm
In the tense years of the Cold War, such spacecraft (known as applications satellites) evolved down two separate paths: one devoted to national security needs, the other to civilian interests. Today, hundreds of civilian and military applications satellites ring the Earth, often operating side-by-side in orbit.
Applications Technology Satellite, ATS-1 - National Air and Space Museum
26 Dec 2024 at 12:59pm
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.
Military Reconnaissance | National Air and Space Museum
1 Jan 2025 at 2:00am
From 1960 to 1972, more than 100 Corona missions took over 800,000 photographs. As cameras and imaging techniques improved, Corona and other high-resolution reconnaissance satellites provided increasingly detailed information to U.S. intelligence analysts. In this video, listen to curator James David talk about the Corona spy satellite.
Pluto | National Air and Space Museum
30 Dec 2024 at 2:49pm
Earth's natural satellite is the Moon, but many objects in our Solar System have multiple natural satellites. Humans have also created artificial satellites?human-made machines and spacecraft in orbit around our Earth or other objects in our galaxy.
Corona Spy Satellite Camera in Space Race
28 Dec 2024 at 3:20pm
More advanced reconnaissance satellites - still classified - have since replaced Corona. Photos taken by Corona spy satellites were returned to Earth in nose cone capsules like this one, which was recovered from orbit in May 1972 during the final Corona mission.
Telstar | National Air and Space Museum
29 Dec 2024 at 4:13am
It was the model for all subsequent communications satellites. Country of Origin United States of America Type SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed-Communications Manufacturer AT&T Dimensions Overall (Satellite with red antenna cover): 86.4 × 111.8cm, 86.9kg (2 ft. 10 in. × 3 ft. 8 in., 191.5lb.)
TIROS Meteorological Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
26 Dec 2024 at 8:44pm
By the mid 1960s, the civilian TIROS program launched a series of satellites to provide routine, daily weather observations. The program is still in operation today and, in conjunction with other weather satellites, has made space-based weather observations a commonplace of contemporary life.
What Can You Really See From Space?
30 Dec 2024 at 4:36pm
A few non-military satellites can see objects down to about half the size of a car. Some military satellites can still see even smaller things. But that does not tell us the whole story. For most applications we need to see larger areas, which requires other satellites that observe at a different scale.
WHAT IS THIS? This is an unscreened compilation of results from several search engines. The sites listed are not necessarily recommended by Surfnetkids.com.
