Satellites - National Air and Space Museum
Apr 12, 2022 · 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 …
C'est 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 …
Explorer - National Air and Space Museum
Explorer-1 was the United States' first successful orbiting satellite. Following the failure of Vanguard in December 1957, the JPL- ABMA group was permitted to adapt the Jupiter-C …
Communications Satellite, Iridium - National Air and Space Museum
This satellite is the heart of a space-based communications system called Iridium. Conceived, designed, and built by Motorola, the Iridium system provides wireless, mobile communications …
Le lancement de Spoutnik | Espace des sciences
Le 4 octobre 1957 marquait le lancement du satellite Spoutnik. Cinquante ans après, l'équipe du planétarium fête l'événement durant quatre séances. 50 ans de l'histoire de la conquête …
What Can You Really See From Space? - National Air and Space …
Apr 8, 2011 · Most people know that satellites in orbit do useful things such as collect images of the Earth's surface. At the National Air and Space Museum I use satellite images in my job to …
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 …
That’s no moon. (It's also not the Death Star.)
Dec 14, 2017 · With its spherical shape and piecemeal construction, it’s easy to see similarities between the Telstar satellite and the infamous Death Star of the Star Wars films. Aside from a …
Jupiter - National Air and Space Museum
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 …
À quoi servent les satellites ? | Espace des sciences
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