the determination of the orbit of a satellite
1Orbit determination — is a branch of astronomy specialised in calculating, and hence predicting, the orbits of objects such as moons, planets, and spacecraft . These orbits could be orbiting the Earth, or other bodies. The determination of the orbit of newly observed… …
2Orbit — This article is about orbits in celestial mechanics, due to gravity. For other uses, see Orbit (disambiguation). A satellite orbiting the Earth has a tangential velocity and an inward acceleration …
3Satellite Tool Kit — Infobox Software | name = STK caption = STK 8.0 being used to plan a lunar lagrange orbit. developer = Analytical Graphics, Inc. latest release version = 8.1.3 latest release date = March 13, 2008 operating system = Windows, Unix genre =… …
4orbit determination — The process of describing the past, present, or predicted position of a satellite in terms of orbital parameters …
5Meteor (satellite) — The Meteor craft are weather observation satellites launched by the USSR. The Meteor satellites were designed to monitor atmospheric and sea surface temperatures, humidity, radiation, sea ice conditions, snow cover, and clouds. Contents 1 Meteor… …
6Satellite laser ranging — In satellite laser ranging (SLR) a global network of observation stations measure the round trip time of flight of ultrashort pulses of light to satellites equipped with retroreflectors. This provides instantaneous range measurements of… …
7The Last of the Masters — Infobox short story | name = The Last of the Masters author = Philip K. Dick country = flag|USA language = English series = genre =Political Post apocalyptic Social science published in = Orbit Science Fiction No.5 publication type = Anthology… …
8The Fountains of Paradise — infobox Book | name = The Fountains of Paradise title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first UK edition (hardcover) author = Arthur C. Clarke illustrator = cover artist = country = United Kingdom language = English series = genre =… …
9The Right Stuff (film) — Infobox Film name = The Right Stuff image size = 215px caption = theatrical poster director = Philip Kaufman producer = Irwin Winkler writer = Philip Kaufman Tom Wolfe (book) starring = Fred Ward Dennis Quaid Ed Harris Scott Glenn Sam Shepard… …
10Cornell University Satellite — Operator Cornell University/AFRL Major contractors Cornell Space Systems Mission type Technology demonstrator Satellite of Earth …
