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  1. Satellites - National Air and Space Museum

    Apr 12, 2022 · A satellite is an object that is in orbit around an object in space of a larger size. Things such as the Earth's Moon or Pluto's Charon are natural satellites. Humans have also …

  2. Communications Satellites - National Air and Space Museum

    Learn about how a communications satellite works and how it helps us to connect to each other around the world.

  3. C'est quoi un satellite ? | Espace des sciences

    C'est quoi un satellite ? GRANDES QUESTIONS C'est un objet qui tourne autour d'une planète. Il peut tourner autour de la Terre … ou d'une autre planète ! La Lune est le seul satellite naturel …

  4. Telstar - National Air and Space Museum

    Telstar, launched in 1962, was the first active communications satellite: it received microwave signals from ground stations and retransmitted them across vast distances back to Earth.

  5. Military Reconnaissance - National Air and Space Museum

    Military reconnaissance is an operation to obtain information relating to the activities, resources, or military forces of a foreign nation or armed group. It uses balloons, aviation, and space …

  6. Moon (Earth) - National Air and Space Museum

    Jan 1, 2025 · The Moon is Earth's natural satellite. It is the only place in space that humans have set foot on beyond our own planet.

  7. Satellite | Espace des sciences

    Quand nous regardons la Lune, elle nous présente toujours la même face. Grâce aux sondes lunaires, on a pu avoir des images de la face cachée de notre satellite naturel. Cette face est …

  8. Antisatellite Missile - National Air and Space Museum

    The U.S. Air Force began developing this air-launched antisatellite missile (ASAT) to destroy enemy satellites after the USSR demonstrated its ability to attack satellites in space. At the tip …

  9. The Missing History of the Explorer 1 Satellite

    Jan 26, 2018 · The bullet-shaped satellite payload, about 6.5 inches in diameter and 3 feet long, carried three micrometeorite detectors (a microphone, a wire grid, and metallic film), …

  10. Hubble Space Telescope - National Air and Space Museum

    The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the largest astronomical telescopes ever sent into space. It dramatically altered the way in which we view our universe. From its vantage point high …