• The Near Earth Network (NEN, formerly GN or Ground Network) provides orbital communications support for near-Earth orbiting customer platforms via various...
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    A near-Earth object (NEO) is any small Solar System body orbiting the Sun whose closest approach to the Sun (perihelion) is less than 1.3 times the Earth–Sun...
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    for deep space and near Earth use, defines "deep space" to start at a distance of 2 million km (1.2 million mi) from the Earth's surface. These are in...
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    orbits. The NSN accumulates ground station and antenna assets from the Near-Earth Network and the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRS) which operates...
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    wide range of events coordinated globally by EARTHDAY.ORG (formerly Earth Day Network) including 1 billion people in more than 193 countries. The official...
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    tracking and data acquisition networks (the Space Network and the Near Earth Network), develops and maintains advanced space and Earth science data information...
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  • tracking and data acquisition networks (the Space Network and the Near Earth Network), develops and maintains advanced space and Earth science data information...
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    Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous – Shoemaker (NEAR Shoemaker), renamed after its 1996 launch in honor of planetary scientist Eugene Shoemaker, was a robotic...
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    Earthrise (redirect from Earth rise)
    Earthrise is a photograph of Earth and part of the Moon's surface that was taken from lunar orbit by astronaut William Anders on December 24, 1968, during...
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    Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. This is enabled by Earth being a water world, the only one...
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  • connection between earth or network and the electrical device being supplied: "T" — Earth connection is by a local direct connection to earth (Latin: terra)...
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    network ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network (ISTRAC) JAXA Near-Earth Tracking and Control Network China Satellite Launch and Tracking Control...
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    Moon (redirect from Earth I)
    Earth's only natural satellite. It orbits at an average distance of 384,400 km (238,900 mi), about 30 times the diameter of Earth. Over time Earth's gravity...
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  • medical condition Grain (unit), a unit of mass Ground Network, former name of Near Earth Network Guide number, for an electronic camera flash Gauss-Newton...
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    the Earth. Some are regarded as potentially hazardous objects if they are estimated to be large enough to cause regional devastation. Near-Earth object...
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  • Space Network (SN) is a NASA program that combines space and ground elements to support spacecraft communications in Earth vicinity. The SN Project Office...
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    Interplanetary Internet (category Computer networks)
    landers, and the Earth ground stations. For example, the orbiters collect the scientific data from the Curiosity rover on Mars through near-Mars communication...
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    The Blue Marble (category Photographs of Earth from outer space)
    oriented with Earth's south pointing up, relative to the capsule. The picture shows many weather systems, featuring a Shapyro–Keyser cyclone near to the center...
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  • Space Network (archived) main site. Integrating a Global TT&C Network Paper from USN about integration with other networks. "Near Earth Network (NEN)...
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    returning data to Earth: a relay link up to the orbiter and back, and by using a direct link to Earth. The orbiter could transmit to Earth (S-band) at 2,000...
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    an eclipse. An eclipse that occurs when the Moon is near its closest distance to Earth (i.e., near its perigee) can be a total eclipse because the Moon...
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    The Near-Earth Asteroid Scout (NEA Scout) was a mission by NASA to develop a controllable low-cost CubeSat solar sail spacecraft capable of encountering...
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  • communication concept for CubeSat platform utilizing NASA space network and near earth network." (2016). Subbarayan Pasupathy, Minimum Shift Keying: A Spectrally...
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  • tracking services as one of 15 major members of the international Near Earth Network, which is managed by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The facility...
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    spacecraft) of near equatorial ground sites. Prograde orbit: An orbit that is in the same direction as the rotation of the primary (i.e. east on Earth). By convention...
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    Indian Deep Space Network European Space Tracking NASA Deep Space Network Near Earth Network Space Network "Indian Deep Space Network (IDSN)". ISRO. Archived...
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  • Suborbital spaceflight Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network Van Allen radiation belt It is important to note here that...
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  • Ukrainian Optical Facilities for Near-Earth Space Surveillance Network, the UMOS (from Ukrainian acronym: УМОС = Українська мережа оптичних станцій дослідження...
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  • of an even more ambitious Space Transportation System entailing reusable Earth-to-orbit shuttles, a permanent space station, lunar bases, and a human mission...
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    Google Earth is a computer program that renders a 3D representation of Earth based primarily on satellite imagery. The program maps the Earth by superimposing...
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