Satellites | search
Click here to view Satellites news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- Military Reconnaissance | National Air and Space MuseumMilitary Reconnaissance. Military reconnaissance is an operation to obtain information relating to the activities, resources, or military forces of a foreign nation or armed group. It uses balloons, aviation, and space technology and has played an important role in our history. The technologies used to carry out military reconnaissance are varied.
- Dove Satellite | National Air and Space MuseumThis Dove is an early generation flight unit, donated to the Museum by Planet Labs, Inc. This object is on display in One World Connected at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. United States of America SPACECRAFT-Uncrewed Planet Labs Inc. Overall: 39.4 × 15.2 × 15.2cm, 3.2kg (1 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 6 in. × 6 in., 7.1lb.)
- Communications Satellites - National Air and Space MuseumThe artifact seen here is a backup payload from the Museum's collection. SCORE, the first communications satellite, launched on December 18, 1958, aboard an Atlas missile. By the mid-1960s, communications satellites had become reliable tools. Satellites positioned in high orbits could "see" large swaths of Earth, allowing them to receive and ...
- Venus | National Air and Space MuseumIts surface pressure is more than 90 times that of Earth’s. Winds in the upper atmosphere of Venus travel 110–220 mph (180 – 360 km/h). An atmosphere can slow down an incoming object or melt it completely. The atmosphere of Venus is so dense that some objects break apart and form clustered impact craters, like those seen in this image.
- Applications Satellites - National Air and Space MuseumDuring the Cold War, application satellites served national security or civilian interests. From the beginning of the Space Age, people recognized that Earth-orbiting satellites—able to see and communicate across vast distances—promised unique benefits. In the tense years of the Cold War, such spacecraft (known as applications satellites ...
More
