Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

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Satellites

A rival global positioning system developed by China that competes against the U.S. GPS satellites to provide navigation and positioning services. Beidou is the Chinese name for the North Star which ...

space probe

Aerospace; Satellites

Is a scientific space exploration mission in which a spacecraft leaves Earth and explores space. Space probes are a form of robotic spacecraft; that are unmanned. Probes may approach the Moon, or ...

Galileo

Aerospace; Satellites

Galileo is the name of the European satellite navigation system which has been under development by the European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA) since 2002. It should be operational from ...

synchronous orbit

Aerospace; Satellites

A circular orbit around the Earth's equator, at a distance of 6.6 Earth radii. At this distance the orbital period is 24 hours, keeping the satellite anchored above the same spot on Earth. This ...

Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI)

Aerospace; Satellites

Also called Explorer 81, it is the sixth mission in the line of NASA Small Explorer missions (also known as SMEX). Launched on 5 February 2002, its primary mission is to explore the basic physics of ...

spiderman

Aerospace; Satellites

Spider-Man is a fictional Marvel Comics superhero. The character was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko.

Bright Target Explorer (BRITE)

Aerospace; Satellites

The Bright Target Explorer is a program that develops tiny space telescopes to observe the brightest stars (including those that make up well-known constellations like Orion) from the earth's ...