... 29a. Satellite looking up . ... 29e. Explorers of distant space . Space Index . This groups includes about 200 communication satellites ("comsats") scattered in synchronous orbits above the Earth's equator. ... 6 Earth radii (42,000 km or 26,000 miles), these satellite make one orbit per day, ( sidereal day of 23 h 56 min--see here ) and therefore as the Earth turns, they always stay above the same ground station. ... Next Satellite Class: #29e Missions to Planets and to Distant Space . ...

This groups includes about 200 communication satellites ("comsats") scattered in synchronous orbits above the Earth's equator. ... 6 Earth radii (42,000 km or 26,000 miles), these satellite make one orbit per day, and therefore as the Earth turns, they always stay above the same ground station. ... Still another application is the 24-satellite network of the "Global Positioning System" (GPS), in circular orbits at distances of about 4.1 Earth radii (26,000 km or 16,000 miles). ...

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is used to synchronize the time of a computer client or server to another server or reference time source, such as a radio or satellite receiver or modem. ... Information on the NTP architecture, protocol and algorithms can be found in the following articles and reports, which are available online . Mills, D.L. Internet time synchronization: the Network Time Protocol. ... Mills, D.L. Network Time Protocol (Version 3) specification, implementation and analysis. ...

Winer Observatory P.O. Box 797, Sonoita, Arizona 85637-0797, USA . ... 2/3-m Telescope . ... Site . ... Commanding . ... In a typical robotic observing scenario, each afternoon, a telescope control computer obtains a set of objects to observe from its home institution from a command or script file. ... The file is then transferred to the telescope control computer at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita. ... The Iowa control computer then begins processing the telrun.sls file. ... 2013 Winer Observatory. ...

... About ATNF overview . ... Australia Telescope Steering Committee . ... Parkes radio telescope . ... A Search for Distant Satellites of Neptune . ... Previous surveys for distant satellites of Neptune have had relatively bright magnitude limits ( ) and would have missed satellites with magnitudes and colours similar to the 2 recently discovered Uranian satellites ( and ). ... This search is up to magnitudes deeper than the previous wide field search for distant satellites by the UK Schmidt Telescope....

... the shutters, loads . ... We have shutter/receiver protection to protect the receivers when we transmit with one of our transmitters (sband,430, hf). ... this is also controlled by the 430 ch load/antenna switch. closed always wins . ... shutter - open,close, or query the receiver/radar shutters . ... When the 430 dome is being used, we want to close all shutters, but leave the 430 dome receiver under control of the ch load/antenna switch (above the oscilloscopes in receiver room). ... shutter close...

BUS MODULE . The bus module together with the unified propulsion module meets all the payload requirements, is of multi-purpose design and provides ample functional redundancy . On-board systems include all the systems needed to support the operation and monitoring of the payload equipment and the spacecraft as a whole: . ... Basic design option . ... Increased power design option . ... YAMAL-200 COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE . ... Official WEB-site of S.P.Korolev RSC Energia . ...

... The tracking system works in micro-step regime with a computer step of correction = 0.003 arcsec per second of time and a maximum speed of correction up to 4.6 arcsec per second of time. ... The APD module was constructed for performing experiments of receiving of 2 Mbps signals from “ARTEMIS” using the Cassegrain focus of 0.7m telescope. ... GaAs PIN photo diode. ... Laser module with thermoelectric stabilisation of laser diode. ... Electronic module for turbulence compensation system . ...

... Peter J.K. "Jeff" Wisoff (Ph.D) . NASA Astronaut (former) . ... A veteran of four space flights, STS-57 in 1993, STS-68 in 1994, STS-81 in 1997 and STS-92 in 2000, Dr. Wisoff has logged a total of 42 days, 56 hours, 1 minute and 48 seconds in space, including , 19 hours and 53 minutes of EVA time in three space walks. ... Following 183 orbits of the Earth in 269 hours and 46 minutes, the eleven-day mission ended with Space Shuttle Endeavour landing at Edwards Air Force Base, California. ...

MRO Delay Line Socket Initialisation Protocol for Delay Line Computers E. B. Seneta bodie@mrao.cam.ac.uk rev 1.0 13 October 2006 Cavendish Laboratory JJ Thomson Avenue Cambridge CB3 0HE UK Objective To describe the protocol by which network connections are to be made and broken between delay line computers. Scope This document describes how to make and break network connections for the purpose of sending and receiving delay line command, command data, status and telemetry messages. ...

STScI . Guidelines for Preparing Viewgraphs and Computer based Presentations to be used in an STScI Webcast . ... Us . ... To reach the largest possible audience with the greatest understanding of your material, ITSD has prepared a few guidelines for preparing viewgraphs and computer based presentations. ... Avoid using colors that appear at the same level of brightness (e.g., red text on a blue background), viewgraphs appear quite different on a projected screen compared to the computer. ...

Chaotic generator . Generator of UWB microwave chaotic signals . Frequency band: 3–5 GHz . Spectrum bandwidth: 2 GHz . ... Testbed of UWB high-rate direct chaotic communication system . ... Low-rate system for data transmission . ... The system for controlling this robot is based on technology of UWB wireless communications with chaotic radio pulses as information carriers. ... System frequency band: 3–5 GHz . Control signal bandwidth: 2 GHz . ... Wireless data collecting system . ...

Common names: EIA-449, RS-449, ISO 4902 . ... at the DTE) . at the DCE) . ... Control . ... A signal send from DCE to its DTE to indicate that it has received a basic carrier signal from a (remote) DCE. ... Timing signals used by the DTE for transmission, where the clock is originated by the DTE and the DCE is the slave. ... A control signal from the DTE to the DCE. ... A control signal from the DTE to the DCE that causes the analog transmision output to be connected to the analog receiver input. ...

... Tracking stations will be selected in accordance with the schedule issued daily by the General Operative Control Group (GOCG) in Lavochkin Association with the gaps in operations during spacecraft contact with the control stations (CS). ... Communication frequencies (carrier): high data rate information transmission downlink from the SRT ­ 15.000 GHz; uplink synchronization ­ 7.2075 GHz; downlink synchronization ­ 8.400 GHz. ...

... SMIS ] . noise temperature of the low noise amplifier less than 100 K . automatic frequency and polarization adjustment of the received signal . double transform of frequency . power supply: single phase, 220 V, 50 Hz . power consumption: less than 30 Wt . the unit measures: 470 x 300 x 130 mm . weight: less than 10 kg . ... Back to SMIS Home Page . ...

... You are a hot-shot rocket pilot. ... So whenever there is a difficult rescue mission to be carried out in space, they call on you. ... You will use computer simulators, which accurately model the motions of a rocketship. ... They should run on any computer with a web browser and an internet connection. ... Your spacecraft is a yellow sliver. ... Your mission is to rescue Luke. ... His spacecraft has run out of fuel, and unless you rescue him, will continue to drift there for billions of years. ...

... Currently a 50MHz 486DX PCBrand personal computer, located on the fourth floor in the warm room in lab number 443C, is used to control the charge coupled devices (CCDs). ... The PC is connected to a monitor and keyboard in the warm room and another pair in the dome itself. ... An intercom system simplifies communication between the dome and the warm room. ... The second intercom in the dome is used for two way communication between the dome and the warm room. ...

Armagh Observatory, 21 December 2001: . ... The Armagh Observatory's contribution, led by astronomers Simon Jeffery and Gerry Doyle , is to develop new computational tools to study the atmosphere of the Sun and other stars. ... Computers will communicate with one another using the grid, and computing power will become a commodity just like electricity. ... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Simon Jeffery or Mark Bailey at the Armagh Observatory (Tel.: ... WWW contact: webmaster@star.arm.ac.uk . ...

... NGC 602 and Beyond . ... Near the outskirts of the Small Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy some 200 thousand light-years distant, lies 5 million year young star cluster NGC 602. ... Current computer models are indicating that at least one in ten stars are orbited by an Earth-sized planet, making our Milky Way Galaxy the home to over ten billion Earths. The Fornax Cluster of Galaxies . ... How do clusters of galaxies form and evolve? ... Grand Spiral Galaxy NGC 7424 . ...

... In a report on a recent information technology conference at Columbia University (Chronicle of Higher Education, 16 January 1998, p. A25), questions are raised with respect to the efficacy of computers in the classroom. ... The Summer Science Program is once again being held at The Thacher School in Ojai, California. ... The Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Education in Astronomy announces the Mount Wilson Summer Program for Undergraduates, August 12-25, 1998. ...