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    The Unified S-band (USB) system is a tracking and communication system developed for the Apollo program by NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)...
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    The S band is a designation by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for a part of the microwave band of the electromagnetic spectrum...
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  • several orders of magnitude. Block IIIF will be compliant with the Unified S-Band (USB) capabilities, allowing for consolidation of radio frequencies...
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  • using an active transponder at the remote location, as in the Apollo Unified S-band system. By correlating a (delayed version of) the transmitted signal...
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  • bus standard. USB may also refer to: Upper sideband, of an AM signal Unified S-band communication for the Apollo program Unseptbium, symbol Usb, a theorized...
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  • Description of the Unified S-Band System and Integration into the Manned Space Flight network" (PDF). Proceedings of the Apollo Unified S-Band Conference. NASA...
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  • experiment Meteor burst communications Passive repeater Radar equation Unified S-band Pether, John (1998). The Post Office at War. Bletchley Park Trust. p...
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  • Unified Theory, previously Luma, were an American rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998. The lineup consisted of Chris Shinn (lead vocals...
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    program that routed all communications signals simultaneously through the Unified S-Band (USB) system. All communication between the spacecraft and ground was...
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    is almost ready to be broadcast. Peltzer, K.E. (April 1966). "Apollo Unified S-Band System" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 December 2023....
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    service module when this function was found unnecessary. A steerable unified S-band high-gain antenna for long-range communications with Earth was mounted...
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    October 19, 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-18. Peltzer, K. E. (1966). "Apollo Unified S-Band System". In Jones, Eric M.; Glover, Ken (eds.). Apollo Lunar Surface...
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    system with two antennas for communication with the Command Module; a unified S-band system and steerable parabolic dish antenna for communication with Earth;...
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    Queqiao. The position is determined using a combination of the so-called Unified S-Band Technology (USB), where the distance and speed of the satellite are...
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    Achievement Award from NASA for the design and implementation of the Unified S-Band System. Before NASA, he was employed by IBM in 1954 and worked on the...
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    third album, Throwing Copper, which sold eight million copies in the U.S. The band had a string of hit singles in the mid-1990s, including "Lightning Crashes"...
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  • "Unified S-band", or USB, was selected for Apollo communications, which allowed tracking, ranging, telemetry, and voice to all use the same S band transmitter...
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  • Montebello Unified School District) East Los Angeles (alongside Montebello Unified School District) Hawthorne Inglewood (alongside Inglewood Unified School...
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    a band gap, also called a bandgap or energy gap, is an energy range in a solid where no electronic states exist. In graphs of the electronic band structure...
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    best known as the lead singer of the reggae rock band Rebelution as well as its side project, Unified Highway. Rachmany was born in San Francisco, California...
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  • The Unifics were an American soul group from Washington, D.C. In 1966 a group of students at Washington D.C.'s Howard University formed the group Al &...
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  • communication with the Apollo Lunar Module. This was distinct from the unified S-band high-gain antenna used for communication with Earth at lunar distances...
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    Olof Swartz, botanist, abbreviated Sw. in botanical citations Band 3, a protein Unified Soil Classification System symbol for well graded sand Sw., taxonomic...
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    Marching Band John S. Battle High School Marching Band John W. North High School Marching Band Los Angeles Unified School District All-City Band Mater Dei...
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    satellite tracking, ground-station tracking, and direct unified S-band. C-band System – A system of two C-band radar transponders used to better understand the...
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    Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. A member of the Democratic Party...
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    the strength of the band's live show stating "Their percussive styles seemed to be locked together, producing a glorious, unified wall of sound. Bass...
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    Oasis are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar)...
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  • we weren't allowed to play as a band as much." In Lewisohn's opinion, Sgt. Pepper represents the group's last unified effort, displaying a cohesion that...
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    Goldwater-Nichols Act of 1986 created unified combatant commands bringing the army together with the other four military services under unified, geographically organized...
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