celestial radio tracking
1Radio telescope — A radio telescope is a form of directional radio antenna used in radio astronomy and in tracking and collecting data from satellites and space probes. In their astronomical role they differ from optical telescopes in that they operate in the… …
2Ooty Radio Telescope — Radio Telescope at Ooty Organization Tata Institute of Fundamental Research …
3List of radio propagation topics — This is a list of radio propagation terms. NOTOC A a index A index aa index active prominence active prominence region (APR) active region active surge region (ASR) active dark filament (ADF) AE index Air Force Geophysics Laboratory (AFGL) arch… …
4telescope — /tel euh skohp /, n., adj., v., telescoped, telescoping. n. 1. an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens… …
5gravitation — gravitational, adj. gravitationally, adv. /grav i tay sheuhn/, n. 1. Physics. a. the force of attraction between any two masses. Cf. law of gravitation. b. an act or process caused by this force. 2. a sinking or falling …
6moon — mooner, n. moonless, adj. /moohn/, n. 1. the earth s natural satellite, orbiting the earth at a mean distance of 238,857 miles (384,393 km) and having a diameter of 2160 miles (3476 km). 2. this body during a particular lunar month, or during a… …
7Moon — /moohn/, n. Sun Myung /sun myung/, born 1920, Korean religious leader: founder of the Unification Church. * * * Sole natural satellite of Earth, which it orbits from west to east at a mean distance of about 238,900 mi (384,400 km). It is less… …
8Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute — (PARI) (pronounced Perry) is an astronomical observatory located in the United States in Balsam Grove, North Carolina. It is operated as a not for profit foundation. PARI is in the Pisgah National Forest of Western North Carolina at an elevation… …
9Goldstone Deep Space Communications Complex — Goldstone Deep Space Network Goldstone Deep Space Network Organization …
10Pioneer 11 — Infobox Spacecraft Caption= Pioneer 11 at Saturn (artist s impression) Name= Pioneer 11 Mission Type= Fly by, Deep Space Flyby Of= Jupiter, Saturn, Outer Solar System Mass= 259 kg Organization= Ames Research Center NASA Launch Vehicle=… …
