- Industry: Aerospace
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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
Formerly the International Earth Rotation Service, is the body responsible for maintaining global time and reference frame standards, notably through its Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP) and International Celestial Reference System (ICRS) groups.
Industry:Aerospace
Originally known as the International Sun/Earth Explorer 3 satellite launched August 12, 1978. It was part of the ISEE (International Sun-Earth Explorer) international cooperative program between NASA and ESA to study the interaction between the Earth's magnetic field and the solar wind. The program used three spacecraft, a mother/daughter pair and a heliocentric spacecraft.
Industry:Aerospace
Developer of standards for spacecraft uplink and downlink, including packets.
Industry:Aerospace
The innermost of the three rings of Saturn that are easily seen in a small telescope.
Industry:Aerospace
The middle of the three rings of Saturn that are easily seen in a small telescope. Barycenter - The common center of mass about which two or more bodies revolve.
Industry:Aerospace
Literally means "above violet" radiation. Electromagnetic radiation in the neighborhood of 100 nanometers wavelength.
Industry:Aerospace
La forza di apparente tendente verso l'esterno di un corpo che ruota attorno ad un altro corpo.
Industry:Aerospace
