Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
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 …
Applications Technology Satellite, ATS-1 - National Air and Space …
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 …
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 …
Corona Spy Satellite Camera in Space Race
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, …
How Satellites Track Storms From Space
2018年9月14日 · Before satellites, the only hope of knowing about a hurricane before it hit land, for example, was if a ship at sea encountered it first and could report it. “But we don’t think of …
Dove Satellite - National Air and Space Museum
In the 2010s, the use of "nanosatellites" greatly expanded, especially for use in Earth remote sensing. The Dove satellite is a prime example. It uses three standard (10 cm square) building …
Communications Satellite, Oscar I - National Air and Space Museum
Launched in December 1961, OSCAR 1 (Orbiting Satellites Carrying Amateur Radio) was the world's first non-governmental satellite. Built by a group of California based amateur radio …
One World Connected | National Air and Space Museum
Aviation and spaceflight transformed how Earth came to be viewed and understood as an interconnected world. One World Connected tells the story of how taking to the skies and stars …
Satellite, Communications, Sirius FM-4 - National Air and Space …
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 …
What Was the Space Race? | National Air and Space Museum
2023年8月23日 · And Russia and China, over the objections of the rest of the world, continue to experiment and test space-based weapons that can physically attack another nation’s orbiting …
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