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    LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite) is a passive satellite system of the Italian Space Agency. LARES 1 was launched into orbit on 13 February 2012 at 10:00:00...
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  • The Lares are guardian deities in ancient Roman mythology. Lares or LARES may also refer to: Lares, Africa, an Ancient city, former bishopric and present...
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    CubeSat (redirect from U-class satellite)
    deployers containing seven CubeSats were placed into orbit along with the Lares satellite aboard a Vega rocket launched from French Guiana. The CubeSats launched...
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    Post-glacial rebound List of laser articles List of laser ranging satellites LARES (satellite) a similar object made of mostly tungsten McDowells, Jonathan...
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  • of a human hair seen at the distance of 10 miles". In January 2012, LARES satellite was launched on a Vega rocket to measure Lense–Thirring effect with...
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    in service. Three STARSHINE satellites equipped with retroreflectors were launched beginning in 1999. The LARES satellite was launched on February 13...
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    Etalon Kosmos 1989 Kosmos 2024 LAGEOS LAGEOS 1 LAGEOS 2, see STS-52 LARES LARES 1 LARES 2 Larets STARSHINE Starshine 1, see STS-96 Starshine 2, see STS-108...
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    qualification flight, Vega placed its main payload of 386.8 kg, the LARES satellite, into a circular orbit at the altitude of 1450 km with an inclination...
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    see STS-52 LARES LARES 1 LARES 2 Larets STARSHINE Starshine 1, see STS-96 Starshine 2, see STS-108 Starlette and Stella Several satellites carried laser...
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    ICESat-2 LAGEOS LARES Larets H-IIA-LRE PAGEOS Seasat Starlette and Stella TOPEX/Poseidon TRANSIT WESTPAC Geodetic astronomy Satellite gravimetry Seeber...
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  • LANTIRN, Low Altitude Navigation and Targeting Infrared for Night LARES (satellite) LCA-Vision LCGT LED printer LFA, Laser flash analysis LIDAR, Laser...
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  • V W X Y Z L. Gary Leal L. M. Milne-Thomson L3 (CERN) LAGEOS LAMMPS LARES (satellite) LArIAT LCGT Left-handed material LEPS LEPS2 LHC@home LHCb LHCf LHS...
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  • Vega C's maiden flight on 13 July 2022 successfully delivered LARES 2 and six other satellites to orbit. However, the second launch on 21 December 2022 experienced...
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  • the LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite) satellite team, the densest artificial satellite in orbit, launched in 2012, with a second satellite, LARES 2, launched...
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    of the Atmospheric Drag on Starlette, Stella, Ajisai, and Lares Orbits". Artificial Satellites. 50 (1): 1–18. Bibcode:2015ArtSa..50....1S. doi:10.1515/arsa-2015-0001...
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    of frame dragging by laser-ranging observations of the LARES, LAGEOS-1 and LAGEOS-2 satellites has improved on the GP-B measurement, with results (as...
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  • LAGEOS III, LARES, WEBER-SAT. Limiting the scope to the scenarios involving existing orbiting bodies, the first proposal to use the LAGEOS satellite and the...
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    Renzetti, G. (2012). "Are higher degree even zonals really harmful for the LARES/LAGEOS frame-dragging experiment?". Canadian Journal of Physics. 90 (9):...
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  • Goliat (category First artificial satellites of a country)
    Vega. The satellite was successfully launched on 13 February 2012 from the Guiana Space Centre, together with LARES and other CubeSat satellites from other...
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    designed to launch small payloads — 300 to 2,500 kilograms (660 to 5,510 lb) satellites for scientific and Earth observation missions to polar and low Earth orbits...
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    Earth's Geoid and to measure Tectonic plate movement. In 2010 ASI's own satellite, LARES, will be launched using the Vega rocket. The mission is designed to...
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    Airport with his brother, Alejandro, taking supplies for the mayors of Lares, Mayagüez, and San Germán, and for the La Concepción hospital in the lattermost...
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    California, United States 1976 1977 Francisco Matos Paoli 9 March 1915 Lares, Puerto Rico 10 July 2000 San Juan, Puerto Rico 1977 1979 Gerardo Melo Mourão...
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    List of CubeSats (category Lists of satellites)
    design weighing 1 kg. The launch was a multi-payload mission shared with LARES, ALMASat-1, Goliat, MaSat-1, PW-Sat, ROBUSTA, UniCubeSat-GG and Xatcobeo...
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    Chronology Pre-Columbus Grito de Lares Intentona de Yauco Foraker Act Jones–Shafroth Act Immigration to Hawaii Migration to New York World War I World...
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    Satellite image of Puerto Rico, 2008...
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    Vega C had its debut flight during which it delivered the LARES 2 and six other satellites from French Guiana to orbit. On 27 July 2022, CAS Space's Kinetica-1...
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    only of the selected 9 were accepted for flight. The LAser RElativity Satellite (LARES) was the primary payload of the maiden flight, and the first to be...
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    Cyclones to the North Atlantic Climatological Rainfall as Observed from Satellites". Journal of Applied Meteorology. 40 (11): 1785–1800. Bibcode:2001JApMe...
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    to Puerto Rico, as it tracked to its north. In the country, the towns of Lares and Morovis both observed up to 3.76 in (96 mm) of precipitation, although...
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