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1ArcelorMittal Orbit — The structure in November 2011 General information Status Constructed Type …
2Geostationary orbit — Geostationary orbit.To an observer on the rotating Earth (fixed point on the Earth), the satellite appears stationary in the sky. A red satellite is also geostationary above its own point on Earth. Top Down View …
3Inclined orbit — A satellite is said to occupy an inclined orbit around the Earth if the orbit exhibits an angle other than zero degrees with the equatorial plane. This angle is called the orbit s inclination. Special case: geosynchronous inclined orbit A… …
4Transfer orbit stage — The Transfer Orbit Stage (TOS) was an upper stage rocket developed by Martin Marietta on a subcontract to Orbital Sciences Corporation during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Orbital Sciences was the prime contractor for NASA for TOS. TOS was… …
5Dynamical lifetime — In statistical orbital mechanics, a body s dynamical lifetime refers to the mean time that a small body can be expected to remain in its current mean motion resonance. Classic examples are comets and asteroids which evolve from the 7:3 resonance… …
6Space debris — populations seen from outside geosynchronous orbit (GEO). Note the two primary debris fields, the ring of objects in GEO, and the cloud of objects in low earth orbit (LEO) …
7AMOS-3 — Infobox Spacecraft Name = AMOS 3 (AMOS 60) Caption = Artist s impression of AMOS 3 Organisation = Spacecom Carrier Rocket = Zenit 3SLB Orbit regime = GSO Major Contractors = IAI, Thales Alenia Space Mission Type = Communication Launch = 28 April… …
8Space Systems/Loral — (SS/L), of Palo Alto, California, is the wholly owned manufacturing subsidiary of Loral Space Communications. It was acquired in 1990 for $715 million by Loral Corp. from Ford Motor Company as the Space Systems Division of Ford Aerospace. The… …
9Skynet 5C — Infobox Spacecraft Organisation = British Ministry of Defence Major Contractors = Paradigm Secure Communications/EADS Astrium Mission Type = Military communications Launch = 12 June 2008 Carrier Rocket = Ariane 5ECA Launch Site = ELA 3, Guiana… …
10Solar power satellite — A solar power satellite, or SPS or Powersat, as originally proposed would be a satellite built in high Earth orbit that uses microwave power transmission to beam solar power to a very large antenna on Earth. Advantages of placing the solar… …
