- 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
- Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
Communications satellites are one such technology, and they play a major role in our daily lives Prior to the 1960s, long-distance communication via radio, telephone, and television networks was a challenge Local areas often had very good coverage, and broad networks might blanket a nation, but the whole world wasn't yet covered
- 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
- Venus | National Air and Space Museum
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
- Satellite, Communications, Sirius FM-4 - National Air and Space Museum
This satellite represents the first generation of space-based, commercial radio service developed by Sirius Radio, a U S company (now Sirius XM Radio) Designed in 1987 and initiating service in 2001, the Sirius satellite system consisted of three satellites that provided more than 150 digital music and audio channels to North America Their inclined geosynchronous orbits were a distinctive
- 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
- Dove Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
The nanosatellite approach emphasizes simplicity in design, minimal cost, and in disposability and replacement, making possible the use of multi-satellite constellations for remote sensing and other tasks It thus represents an alternative to the use of complex, large individual satellite platforms
- TIROS Meteorological Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
TIROS I, and a series of successor test satellites, provided the technical experience to start separate civilian and military space-based weather observation programs 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
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