The Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) is a proposed (as of 2014[update]) space science experiment to test the equivalence principle of...
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Look up step, STEP, štep, stęp, step-, or steps in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Step(s) or STEP may refer to: Steps, making a staircase Walking Dance...
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Satellite flare, also known as satellite glint, is a satellite pass visible to the naked eye as a brief, bright "flare". It is caused by the reflection...
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A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing...
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communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary...
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Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a broadcasting-satellite service. The satellite's...
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Hop (telecommunications) (redirect from Satellite hop)
station to a communications satellite to another station, counted similarly except that if the return trip is not by satellite, then it is only a half hop...
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Moon (redirect from Luna (satellite))
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Tidal forces...
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XM Satellite Radio (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated by Sirius XM...
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Sirius XM (redirect from Sirius XM Satellite Radio)
provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and...
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Space-based solar power (redirect from Solar power satellite)
the concept of collecting solar power in outer space with solar power satellites (SPS) and distributing it to Earth. Its advantages include a higher collection...
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Google Maps (redirect from Google Maps satellite view)
mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views...
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A satellite navigation device, satnav device or satellite navigation receiver is a user equipment that uses one or more of several global navigation satellite...
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Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (redirect from Quantum satellite)
Quantum Satellite Could Change Cryptography Forever". Popular Science. Retrieved 17 August 2016. "China's launch of quantum satellite major step in space...
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Technology for Autonomous Operational Survivability (redirect from STEP 0)
(TAOS) (also known as Space Test Experiment Platform 0 (STEP 0) and USA101) was a satellite developed by the US Air Force's Phillips Laboratory (now...
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Sputnik 1 (redirect from First artificial satellite)
Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk, ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1) was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit...
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BeiDou (redirect from Beidou satellite navigation system)
The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...
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Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA),...
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Iridium Communications (redirect from Iridium satellite)
Iridium satellites would have to be deorbited. Despite this, they remained in orbit and operational. In December 2000, the US government stepped in to save...
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Myosatellite cell (redirect from Satellite cells, perineuronal)
known as satellite cells, muscle stem cells or MuSCs, are small multipotent cells with very little cytoplasm found in mature muscle. Satellite cells are...
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FR-1, another satellite, as early as 1963.: 26–28 FR-1 was the first step of an ambitious French plan to launch six FR-series satellites, each meant to...
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ICUBE-Q (category Mini satellites of Pakistan)
Aerospace Conference. Islam, Qamar. "ICUBE-1: First Step towards Developing an Experimental Pico-satellite at Institute of Space Technology". Academia....
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Rocket Lab (redirect from Photon satellite bus)
Lab launches BlackSky satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 5 April 2023. Foust, Jeff (13 July 2023). "Rocket Lab takes another step towards reusability on...
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Scarlet Heart (redirect from Startling Step By Step)
Scarlet Heart (Chinese: 步步惊心, lit. Startling by Each Step) is a 2011 Chinese television series based on the novel Bu Bu Jing Xin by Tong Hua. It premiered...
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Unclear if it was a step pyramid or a giant mastaba. Archaeologically attested, but still unidentified. Pyramid complex includes a satellite pyramid and 9 queens...
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determine adjustments to the step size; if the previous N bits are all 1s or 0s, the step size is increased. Otherwise, the step size is decreased (usually...
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Pyramid of Djoser (redirect from Djoser Step Pyramid)
The pyramid of Djoser (or Djeser and Zoser), sometimes called the Step Pyramid of Djoser, is an archaeological site in the Saqqara necropolis, Egypt, northwest...
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Mari, and John Stewart / Green Lantern to a space station called the Satellite, where other heroes and super-powered people are gathered as well as Psycho...
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Inmarsat (redirect from Inmarsat (satellite))
Inmarsat is a British satellite telecommunications company, offering global mobile services. It provides telephone and data services to users worldwide...
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