capabilities demonstration satellite
1Solar 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… …
2Orbcomm (satellite) — Orbcomm Operator Orbcomm Mission type Communication Orbital elements Regime LEO Orbcomm satellites are low Earth orbit communications satellites, operated by the United Stat …
3DART (satellite) — Artistic impression of NASA s DART spacecraft (below) approaching MUBLCOM (above) while orbiting over the eastern Pacific near Central America DART, or Demonstration for Autonomous Rendezvous Technology, is a NASA sponsored project. The goal was… …
4Anti-satellite weapon — Anti satellite weapons (ASATs) are space weapons designed to destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the USA, the former USSR and the People s Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons,with India… …
5ARGOS (satellite) — ARGOS Artist s rendition of ARGOS Operator AFRL, NRL, STP Bus Boeing Mission type …
6Mathematics and Physical Sciences — ▪ 2003 Introduction Mathematics Mathematics in 2002 was marked by two discoveries in number theory. The first may have practical implications; the second satisfied a 150 year old curiosity. Computer scientist Manindra Agrawal of the… …
7international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
8Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk — RQ 4/MQ 4 Global Hawk Role Surveillance UAV National origin …
9RQ-4 Global Hawk — infobox Aircraft name = RQ 4 Global Hawk caption = type = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle national origin = United States manufacturer = Northrop Grumman first flight = introduction = retired = status = primary user = United States Air Force more users …
10computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
