The Small Astronomy Satellite 2, also known also as SAS-2, SAS B or Explorer 48, was a NASA gamma ray telescope. It was launched on 15 November 1972 into...
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Small Astronomy Satellite may refer to: Uhuru (satellite), or Small Astronomy Satellite A (SAS-A) or SAS 1, launched 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite 2...
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The Small Astronomy Satellite 3 (SAS 3, also known as SAS-C before launch) (Explorer 53) was a NASA X-ray astronomy space telescope. It functioned from...
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first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-A (for Small Astronomy Satellite...
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Wave Astronomy Satellite (SWAS, also Explorer 74 and SMEX-3) is a NASA submillimetre astronomy satellite, and is the fourth spacecraft in the Small Explorer...
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affect astronomy, stargazers, and indigenous communities. The time and place of the satellite's flare can be predicted only when the satellite is controlled...
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the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2008-02-27. "The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3)". NASA. Archived from the original on 2004-01-13. Retrieved...
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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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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
about the effect the constellation may have on ground-based astronomy, and how the satellites will contribute to an already congested orbital environment...
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Occultation (redirect from Occult (astronomy))
by another object that passes between them. The term is often used in astronomy, but can also refer to any situation in which an object in the foreground...
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years. Artificial satellite Natural satellite Satellite system (astronomy) Temporary satellite Connors, Martin; Chodas, Paul; Mikkola, Seppo; Wiegert, Paul;...
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are small CubeSats. Similar satellites can work together as groups, forming constellations. Because of the high launch cost to space, most satellites are...
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A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another...
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SpaceX Starlink Satellites. Astronomers have also voiced concern over the impact satellite internet constellations will have on radio astronomy. Additional...
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satellite'), is the second of the communications relay and radio astronomy satellites designed to support the fourth phase the Chinese Lunar Exploration...
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X-ray telescope (redirect from X-ray astronomy satellite)
Retrieved 2024-01-07. "The Third Small Astronomy Satellite (SAS-3)". Archived from the original on 2001-04-17. Portals: Astronomy Stars Spaceflight Outer space...
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of astronomy is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to astronomy and cosmology, their sub-disciplines, and related fields. Astronomy is...
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2 in 1972, and the multi-instrument X-ray telescope Small Astronomy Satellite 3 in 1975. Other projects she oversaw included four geodetic satellites...
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Astronomical naming conventions (redirect from Proper names (astronomy))
International Astronomical Union (IAU) is the recognized authority in astronomy for assigning designations to celestial bodies such as stars, planets...
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ASTRO-C, renamed Ginga (Japanese for 'galaxy'), was an X-ray astronomy satellite launched from the Kagoshima Space Center on 5 February 1987 using M-3SII...
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Hyperion (moon) (redirect from Hyperion (astronomy))
"Influence of a second satellite on the rotational dynamics of an oblate moon". Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy. 127 (2): 121–138. arXiv:1607...
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Triton (moon) (redirect from Triton (astronomy))
Series in Astronomy and Astrophysics (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons. pp. 150 (see p. 68). ISBN 978-0-471-96015-7. OCLC 33103787. "Planet and Satellite Names...
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Nereid (moon) (redirect from Nereid (astronomy))
arrival of Voyager 2 (not counting a single observation of an occultation by Larissa in 1981). Nereid is third-largest of Neptune's satellites, and has a mean...
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astronomical Netherlands satellite — ANS". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 39: 159–163. Bibcode:1975A&A....39..159V. "JPL Small-Body Database Browser". JPL...
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Ganymede (moon) (redirect from Astronomy Ganymede)
Albert (August 1994). "Naming the Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn" (PDF). The Newsletter of the Historical Astronomy Division of the American Astronomical...
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Miranda (moon) (redirect from Miranda (astronomy))
conditions in the Uranian subnebula - Implications for regular satellite composition". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 413: 373–380. Bibcode:2004A&A...413..373M...
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Phoebe (moon) (redirect from Phoebe (astronomy))
Nader (2007). "Irregular Satellites of the Planets: Products of Capture in the Early Solar System" (PDF). Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics. 45...
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Kessler syndrome (section Anti-satellite missile tests)
Orbiting Satellites in real time. Archived 2019-07-14 at the Wayback Machine at stuffin.space. NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Satellites Collide in...
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Mimas (redirect from Mimas (astronomy))
Mimas, also 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...
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Gamma-ray astronomy is a subfield of astronomy where scientists observe and study celestial objects and phenomena in outer space which emit cosmic electromagnetic...
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