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Showing posts with label satellite. Show all posts
Showing posts with label satellite. Show all posts

Monday, March 20, 2017

Delta IV rocket put into orbit a satellite for the US military

United Launch Alliance Company successfully conducted the launch of a rocket Delta IV, which brought with it the WGS-9 satellite for military use. 

A start was made from Cape Canaveral, located in Florida.

Friday, December 14, 2012

NASA has found the use of the Moon: the ship graveyard


Permanent satellite of our planet - the moon has a significant impact on the process in the world. Effect of its gravity resolves the level of magnetic field strength, the ebb and flow in different parts of the world ocean. In addition, it is no secret that a certain phase of the moon can affect the health of people. However, it seems, will soon receive a satellite, another function, 

Friday, October 12, 2012

Successfully launched two new satellites Galileo


The network of Galileo navigation satellites, the European substitute to the American GPS system, will on Friday a key step in its development with the launch of two new devices that will confirm the program for the first time, as reported by the European Space Agency (ESA).

 Until now in orbit two experimental satellites which were launched in October 2011, called Giove-A and Giove-B, but were needed at least two more for the network was able to independently determine the location of an object Earth. It is a matter of geometry. For users, however, will not be available until 2015.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Russia is scheduling an active exploration of space by 2020


Roskosmos is ready to continue working in the "Phobos-Grunt", as the significance of the project is not yet lost, said Vladimir Popovkin. New satellite sent to Mars with all the mistakes when you first start. New project planned for 2016-2020.

Recall that the first start of the station "Phobos-Grunt" was launched on November 9, 2011, but due to problems in the propulsion system, the station remained in Earth orbit. 

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Launch GPS IIF-3 (Delta IV M +)


On Thursday, October 4 at 12:10 UTC, the company ULA (United Launch Alliance) launched a Delta IV M + (4, 2) from SLC-37 slope to Cape Canaveral. On board was the GPS IIF-3 satellite (USA-239) global positioning system GPS. Apparently, the motor RL-10 of the second stage experienced some problems during power up.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

To put up first Brazilian geostationary satellite

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer and state telecommunications Telebras signed the shareholders agreement that gives life to the company that developed and built the first geostationary satellite for military and civilian communications the country. The new company, dubbed Space Visiona SA, will be controlled by Embraer (51 percent), which is the third largest worldwide manufacturer of aircraft and military and space technologies developed, and will have as a minority partner (49 percent) Telebras, a state telephone company whose main assets were privatized over a decade.

Friday, June 15, 2012

The device is described as a combination between a satellite and a spacecraft.


The European Space Agency launched on Sunday the most compound and determined aircraft in its history: the Automated Transfer Vehicle (TAV).The Ariane quickly soar through the clouds of Kourou. This device, while mission is to supply the International Space Station (ISS), out into space from the launch base in Kourou, French Guiana.
The output of the VAT-named Jules Verne was confined to the O4: 03 GMT powered by the Ariane5 rocket.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Neptune


Uranus be exposed in 1781 but as the years accepted, it became obvious that the planet did not move as probable. The judgment was causing the trouble caused by an unknown planet located at a greater distance. John Couch Adams in England estimated a situation for the new planet while Galle and diarist in France undertake the search based on the calculations of Le Verrier.
Neptune does not meet portend law of terrestrial distances and because it is the third most massive planet in the Solar System (Uranus is somewhat higher but its mass is less) this would indicate that the law is a new match.