... Even though the DoD would ultimately select senior Air Force officials, US Navy oceanographers and Air Weather Service officers as shuttle payload specialists, MSEs would be the first personnel from an American military programme to go into space. ... One Air Force officer, Maj. ... Jacobson was concerned about shuttle launch delays and wanted the MSEs to understand that his mission, i.e., the launch of national security payloads, dwarfed their mission, flights in space by Air Force personnel. ...

... 24 } Line { SrcBlock sin SrcPort 1 DstBlock func1 DstPort 1 } Line { SrcBlock Fcn SrcPort 1 Points [0, -55] DstBlock func DstPort 1 } Line { SrcBlock (G*M) ^1/2 SrcPort 1 Points [25, 0] DstBlock func DstPort 3 } Line { SrcBlock func SrcPort 1 Points [40, 0] Branch { ...

... Dnepr Cluster Mission 2013 19 June 2014. ... The SC actual injection accuracy was assessed by comparison of the nominal design orbit, with the account for disturbances at separation, and the actual orbit determined on the basis of: . ... With reference to the above data, one can see that deviations of the THEOS osculation orbit parameters at the time of SC separation during Dnepr launch on October 1, 2008 did not exceed the prediction the THEOS SC was launched with high accuracy. ... Mission profile...

What is the VSM ? ... VRML = Virtual Reality Modeling Language. ... One of the best VRML viewers, if not the best, is Netscape Navigator with Live3D plugin. ... Warning: if you use any other viewer, spacecraft will probably look like parrots or clowns because each VRML viewer treats colors in its own unpredictable way. ... You can use these VRML models freely in any way you like, but: 1) let me know you use them; 2) if you add them to your Web page, a reference to the VSM must be there. ...

... University of Iowa Automated Telescope Facility - Действующий автоматизированный астрономический комплекс, который принимает заявки для наблюдений от пользователей Internet. ... Image Processing Resources for Astronomy Teachers - Отличный набор средств для преподавателей астрономии. Включает программное обеспечение, изображения астрономических объектов и обсерватории с удаленным доступом. ... Полезные ссылки - Санкт-Петербургский Государственный Университет Астрономический институт. ...