The Nimbus satellites were second-generation U.S. robotic spacecraft launched between 1964 and 1978 used for meteorological research and development. The...
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Nimbus 7 (also called Nimbus G) was a meteorological satellite. It was the seventh and last in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 7 was launched on...
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Nimbus 1 (also called Nimbus-A) was a meteorological satellite. It was the first in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 1 was launched on August 28...
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QuikSCAT RADARSAT-1 SCIAMACHY SeaWiFS SORCE SPOT TES Terra TRMM ERS Nimbus program Project Vanguard Seasat TOPEX/Poseidon TIROS Automated Quality control...
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Project Nimbus (Hebrew: פרויקט נימבוס) is a cloud computing project of the Israeli government and its military. The Israeli Finance Ministry announced...
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Look up nimbus or Nimbus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Nimbus, from the Latin for "dark cloud", is an outdated term for the type of cloud now classified...
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Nimbus B was a meteorological satellite launched as part of the Nimbus program. It was released on May 18, 1968 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc...
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It was the fifth successful launch in a series of the Nimbus program. The objective of Nimbus 5 was to test and evaluate advanced sensing technology...
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Nimbus 3 (also called Nimbus-B2) was a meteorological satellite. It was the third in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 3 was launched on April 14...
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Nimbus 6 (also called Nimbus F) was a meteorological satellite. It was the sixth in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 6 was launched on 12 June 1975...
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"Gambit-1 Fact Sheet" (PDF). NRO.gov. Retrieved September 23, 2022. Vela DARPA Nimbus WMO Application of Space Technology to Crustal Dynamics NASA Technical Paper...
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NASA (redirect from NASA Applied Sciences Program)
Weather Bureau cooperated on future TIROS and the second generation Nimbus program of weather satellites. It also worked with the Environmental Science...
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Nimbus 4 (also called Nimbus D) was a meteorological satellite. It was the fourth in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 4 was launched on April 8...
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Nimbus 2 (also called Nimbus-C) was a meteorological satellite. It was the second in a series of the Nimbus program. Nimbus 2 was launched on May 15,...
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RM Nimbus was a range of personal computers from British company Research Machines (now RM Education) sold from 1985 until the early 1990s, after which...
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programs include the 1962 Defense Satellite Applications Program (DSAP) and the 1964 Soviet Meteor series. TIROS paved the way for the Nimbus program...
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of global weather conditions from space. TIROS paves the way for the Nimbus program, whose technology and findings are the heritage of most of the Earth-observing...
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The Nimbus Dam is a base load hydroelectric dam on the American River near Folsom, California. Approximately 8,700 acre-feet (10,700 dam3) of water is...
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and radiometer (IRIS) instruments developed for the Nimbus program and deployed on Nimbus-3 and Nimbus-4. These Michelson interferometers were designed to...
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Nimbus Data is an American computer data storage software and systems company. Nimbus Data develops flash memory solutions. Customers include eBay, Walt...
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Nimbus is a toolkit that, once installed on a cluster, provides an infrastructure as a service cloud to its client via WSRF-based or Amazon EC2 WSDL web...
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Television Infrared Observation Satellite (redirect from Tiros program)
around a second spacecraft in development, Nimbus. However, delays and the high cost of the Nimbus program ultimately led to TIROS-based spacecraft serving...
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Lego Universe (category Lua (programming language)-scripted video games)
The properties here are Nimbus Rock and Nimbus Isle. The Pets here are Robot Dog and Skunk Pets. There were no enemies on Nimbus Station, except those in...
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Douglas DC-7 1953 Douglas DC-8 1958 Syncom communications satellite 1963 Nimbus program weather satellite 1964 Intelsat I 1965 McDonnell Douglas DC-10 1970...
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YouTube (redirect from YouTube Partnership Program)
for watching content without ads. YouTube incorporated Google's AdSense program, generating more revenue for both YouTube and approved content creators...
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of approximately 30 watts of electricity. Nimbus 3 used a SNAP-19B with the recovered fuel from the Nimbus-B1 attempt. SNAP-19's powered the Pioneer 10...
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additional time period for engineering purposes. Spaceflight portal Nimbus program "TIROS 8". National Space Science Data Center Master Catalog. NASA Goddard...
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Landsat 1 (category Landsat program)
the first satellite of the United States' Landsat program. It was a modified version of the Nimbus 4 meteorological satellite and was launched on July...
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three books: Live At 5: The Story Of Its Success (Nimbus, 2002) and Before The Camera: A Memoir (Nimbus, 2006). Murphy donated his profits from both books...
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by contrast, is active.) SSMR and SSMI radiometers were flown on the Nimbus program and DMSP series of satellites. Because clouds are translucent in the...
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