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    analytical laboratory. Curiosity can communicate with Earth in three ways. First‚ Curiosity can engage in direct communication from the rover to Earth’s Deep Space Network. Second‚ Curiosity can use a fast relay via the orbiting Mars Odyssey spacecraft. Finally‚ Curiosity can utilize a slow relay to communicate via the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. The scientific missions have focused on whether Mars once harbored flowing water. Specifically‚ the science studies Martian geology to determine

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    Conic Section

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    AN INTRODUCTION TO CONIC SECTIONS There exists a certain group of curves called Conic Sections that are conceptually kin in several astonishing ways. Each member of this group has a certain shape‚ and can be classified appropriately: as either a circle‚ an ellipse‚ a parabola‚ or a hyperbola. The term "Conic Section" can be applied to any one of these curves‚ and the study of one curve is not essential to the study of another. However‚ their correlation to each other is one of the more intriguing

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    Satellite Communications

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    equation‚ system noise‚ carrier to noise ratio for uplink and downlink‚ combined uplink and downlink carrier to noise ratio‚ inter modulation noise 6. Communication Satellites: Introduction‚ design considerations‚ lifetime and reliability‚ spacecraft sub systems‚ spacecraft mass and power estimations‚ space segment cost estimates. 7. Earth Stations: Introduction‚ design considerations‚ general configuration and characteristics. 8. Multiple Access Techniques: Introduction‚ FDMA‚ TDMA‚ FDMA/TDMA‚ operation

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    Communication Satellites Introduction Communications Satellites have been around since 1958. A communications satellite is a spacecraft that orbits the Earth and relays messages‚ radio‚ telephone and television signals. Stations on the ground‚ called earth stations‚ transmit signals to the satellite‚ which then relays the signal to other earth stations. As a newer form of communications‚ communications satellites are very useful in bringing the people in the world together. Communications between

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    John Glenn Biography

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    and became a Marine pilot. In 1959 John became the first American to orbit the earth. [pic] His Accomplishments -Enlisted in the Naval Aviation Cadet Program and became a Marine pilot. -He went into space and piloted the Friendship 7 spacecraft around the globe three times‚ and became a hero. -Became Senator Glenn. -In 1998 he joined the Space Shuttle Discovery Crew and on October 29‚ 1998‚ became the oldest human ever to venture into space. [pic] Ohio State University How Do People

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    Astronomy Answer Sheet

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    38 and 39 of your textbook.) Newtonian’s form of Kepler’s law extends Kepler’s law by adding the three laws of motion and the law of gravity which in turn extended the application of mapping orbits to more than planets. It extended it to comets‚ spacecraft‚ stars‚ and moons to name a few. Write the full formula here: 4 times pie(squared) over (or divided by) GM Skip questions 10 - 12‚ but the (Optional) section is actually mandatory: (You should click on and use this sheet in the lab since

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    JFK Space Race Summary

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    into space means we will have to work longer‚ harder‚ and faster than competing nations. That means this program will demand more involvement and focus than ever before. This space program is here to be heard by the American People. With its Manned Spacecraft Center‚ the city of Houston will be the heart of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA). This large scientific and engineering community will create a great number of new companies and also open up thousands of new positions. This

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    in 1957. On the twelfth of April in 1961‚ The Soviet Union finally won the race to space when they sent Yuri Gagarin to space in the spacecraft Vostok 1. Prior to the launch however the Soviets sent a prototype of the Vostok 1 with a life sized dummy‚ Ivan Ivanovich‚ and his companion a dummy dog named Zvezdochka. With the success of the dummy launch‚ the spacecraft was deemed fit for a human to travel to

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    Ludicrous Mode

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    buyers will have the option to add Ludicrous Mode to their electric sedan. What does that mean? It may be a wordplay steal from the movie‚ “Spaceballs‚” which was written and directed by comedy legend Mel Brooks. In that blockbuster classic‚ the spacecraft had a “Ludicrous Speed.” This allowed it to accelerate and reach speeds of a ludicrous nature. I could see Elon Musk being a big fan of that movie. Tesla and SpaceX make a lot more sense to me now. What does this mean for Nissan and Google? Will

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    History changed on October 4‚ 1957‚ when the former Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball‚ weighed only 183 pounds‚ and took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political‚ military‚ technological‚ and scientific developments. While the Sputnik launch was a single event‚ it marked the start of the space age and the U.S.-U.S.S.R space race. The story begins in 1952

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