synchronous orbit
121Órbita heliosincrónica — Representación de la orientación de una órbita heliosincrónica (en verde) a lo largo del año. Como referencia se muestra al mismo tiempo la orientación de una órbita no sincrónica (en magenta). Este artículo trata sobre una clase de orbitado… …
122Syncom — /sin kom/, n. U.S. Aerospace. one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit. [syn(chronous) com(munications satellite)] * * * Syncom /sinˈkom/ noun One of a series of… …
123Science and technology in the People's Republic of China — has been growing rapidly. As China develops and becomes more connected to the global economy, the government has placed a stronger emphasis on science and technology as an integral part of the socio economic development of the country. This has… …
124Earth satellite — ▪ instrument man made object launched into a temporary or permanent orbit around the Earth. Spacecraft of this type may be either manned or unmanned, the latter being the most common. The idea of an artificial satellite in orbital flight… …
125Minotaur (rocket family) — Minotaur I rocket launching Mightysat 2.1 The Minotaur is a family of American solid fuel rockets derived from converted Minuteman and Peacekeeper intercontinental ballistic missiles. They are built by Orbital Sciences Corporation. Two variants… …
126Soyuz (rocket family) — Soyuz A Soyuz U on the launch pad, ahead of the Soyuz 19 (ASTP) launch on 1975 07 15 Function Carrier rocket Manufacturer OKB 1 TsSKB Progress Country of o …
127Planetary ring — Shepherd moon redirects here. For the Enya album, see Shepherd Moons. The moons Prometheus and Pandora shepherd the F ring of Saturn. A planetary ring is a ring of cosmic dust and other small particles orbiting around a planet in a flat disc… …
128Teledesic — was a company founded in the 1990s to build a commercial broadband satellite constellation for Internet services. Using low earth orbitting satellites small antennas could be used to provide uplinks of as much as 100 Mbit/second and downlinks of… …
