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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
- 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
- Satellite | Espace des sciences
Quand nous regardons la Lune, elle nous présente toujours la même face Grâce aux sondes lunaires, on a pu avoir des images de la face cachée de notre satellite naturel Cette face est beaucoup plus cratérisée que celle visible depuis la Terre C'est comme si la Lune nous avait protégé de la chute de nombreux astéroïdes et météorites qui, sans elle, auraient normalement percuté
- Mapping the Moon with the Lunar Orbiter - National Air and Space Museum
A similar atlas was published in 1960 by US astronomer Gerard Kuiper The Lunar Orbiter program, started in 1960 to place probes in orbit around the Moon for satellite mapping, offered an improved view, and access to the far side In 1962 and 1963, the program was reconfigured to support the Apollo program
- Sputnik and the Space Age - National Air and Space Museum
Sputnik, the world’s first human-made satellite of the Earth, was launched on October 4, 1957, marking the beginning of the Space Age and the modern world in which we live today
- Military Reconnaissance - National Air and Space Museum
Military reconnaissance is an operation to obtain information relating to the activities, resources, or military forces of a foreign nation or armed group It uses balloons, aviation, and space technology and has played an important role in our history
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