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    The following is a list of tools on a variety of platforms that may be used to predict the pass of an orbiting artificial satellite over a given point...
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    app that shows similar information for the user's location. List of satellite pass predictors Beatty, J. Kelly (July 23, 2006). "Take a 'Sat-seeing' Tour"...
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    Examiner. Archived from the original on 3 June 2024. "Geochron official website". Retrieved 2018-10-26. Official Website List of satellite pass predictors...
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    hundreds of possible kilometer-sized outer irregular moons that were only briefly captured by telescopes. All together, Jupiter's moons form a satellite system...
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    of 20 March 2014. This was the brightest occultation of an asteroid ever predicted to occur over a populated area. As the main belt asteroid passed in...
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    Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites...
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    Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband...
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    Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta 31. It is one of the global navigation...
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  • This list of existing technologies predicted in science fiction includes every medium, mainly literature and film. In 1964 Soviet engineer and writer...
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  • Thumbnail for Kessler syndrome
    implication is that the distribution of debris in orbit could render space activities and the use of satellites in specific orbital ranges difficult for...
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    ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), sometimes referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical...
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    was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate of Science & Technology...
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  • cut-off grades of each campus, are eligible to enter. Different grade predictors are applied for each degree program. Top-ranked qualifiers are accepted...
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    due to a short observation arc. Incomplete list of asteroids larger than about 50 m (160 ft) predicted to pass close to Earth (see also asteroid impact...
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    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 between...
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    Relay Satellite System (TDRSS, pronounced "T-driss") is a network of American communications satellites (each called a tracking and data relay satellite, TDRS)...
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  • asteroids were predicted to pass within 1 lunar distance of Earth. Table omitted. Absolute magnitude 27 is the estimated magnitude of the Chelyabinsk...
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  • correction and detection Digital television Digital audio broadcasting Satellite radio Satellite Occupations in electrical/electronics engineering Electrical Technologist...
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  • Pixel 9 (category Use list-defined references from December 2023)
    Tensor chip enhances the Pixel 9's satellite connectivity, enabling the ability to contact emergency services via satellite, similar to the feature introduced...
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    Exomoon (redirect from Extrasolar satellite)
    An exomoon or extrasolar moon is a natural satellite that orbits an exoplanet or other non-stellar extrasolar body. Exomoons are difficult to detect and...
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  • Globalstar (category Satellite telephony)
    telecommunications company that operates a satellite constellation in low Earth orbit (LEO) for satellite phone, low-speed data transmission and earth...
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    gravitationally bound temporary satellites. According to simulations, temporary satellites are typically caught when they pass Earth's L1 or L2 Lagrangian...
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    also designated Uranus V, is the smallest and innermost of Uranus's five round satellites. It was discovered by Gerard Kuiper on 16 February 1948 at...
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  • GLONASS (redirect from Glonass (satellite))
    'Global Navigation Satellite System') is a Russian satellite navigation system operating as part of a radionavigation-satellite service. It provides...
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    Artist's concept of the Saturnian satellite system A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object...
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  • initiate Contec's constellation of high-resolution Earth imaging satellites to monitor urban change, maritime activity, and predict crop yields. [...]" (Tweet)...
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  • found that it is probably still in an Earth-crossing orbit and predicted that it would pass close to Earth again in August 1997. However, the object has...
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    when Stern announced the signing of a five-year deal with Sirius Satellite Radio, a subscription-based satellite radio service exempt from the FCC's...
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    The dwarf planet Pluto has five natural satellites. In order of distance from Pluto, they are Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra. Charon, the largest...
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    Mimas (redirect from Mimas (satellite))
    designated Saturn I, is the seventh-largest natural satellite of Saturn. With a mean diameter of 396.4 kilometres or 246.3 miles, Mimas is the smallest...
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