- 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.
A project that re-engineered the DSN to consolidate seven data systems into two data systems that handle the same data types.
Industry:Aerospace
Located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, the U.S. government installation that manages and operates America's astronaut launch facilities. Serving as the base for the country's three space shuttles, the NASA field center also conducts unmanned civilian launches from adjacent Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. KSC has been the launch site for every U.S. human space flight since December 1968.
Industry:Aerospace
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
A range of microwave radio frequencies in the neighborhood of 4 to 8 ghz.
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
