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 …
Communications Satellites | National Air and Space Museum
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower used SCORE—the first communication satellite—to broadcast a Christmas message: "Through this unique means I convey to you and all …
Ariel 1 Satellite | National Air and Space Museum
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 …
Military Reconnaissance | National Air and Space Museum
The Predator can provide near real-time reconnaissance using a satellite data link system and perform attack missions as well. The Museum's Predator was one of the first three UAVs to fly …
The TIROS 1 Weather Satellite and Its Environmental Legacy
2020年4月1日 · The launch of the satellite and the distribution of its first images made front page news in the nation’s leading newspapers, each emphasizing the change brought by the space …
Venus | 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 …
How Satellites Track Storms From Space
2018年9月14日 · While commonplace today, satellite weather tracking was not possible before 1960. The first images of weather from space were taken by the TIROS I satellite on April 1, …
What are the Main Parts of a Communications Satellite?
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 …
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 …
Telstar and the World of 1962 | National Air and Space Museum
2012年7月23日 · 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 …