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 ! Des …

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.

This is a replica of Ariel-1 satellite, the world's first internationally conceived and executed satellite. The flight model was designed and built by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center …

TIROS (Television Infrared Observation Satellite) I, launched in April 1960, was the world's first weather satellite. TIROS imaged large swaths of the Earth's surface, allowing forecasters and …

Most communications satellites have the same basic components, pointed out in this diagram: Solar cells and batteries to power the satellite systems Antennas to receive and transmit …

Aug 9, 2022 · A decade later, satellite imagery revealed a huge, depleted area of the ozone layer over Antarctica. This confirmed scientists' theory and provided startling evidence of human …

Jul 23, 2012 · Last week, the Museum recognized the 50th anniversary of Telstar, the first “active” satellite (one that can receive a radio signal from a ground station and then immediately re …

The satellite is displayed in the Milestones of Flight Gallery at NASM. Explorer-1 was the United States' first successful orbiting satellite. Following the failure of Vanguard in December 1957, …

The Syncom series of spacecraft (Syncom 1, 2, and 3), all launched during 1963, were the first attempts to test the idea of satellite communications from geostationary orbit. As satellite …

A natural satellite is a naturally occurring object that is in orbit around an object in space of a larger size. Earth's natural satellite is the Moon, but many objects in our Solar System have …