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... satellite used signals from another satellite to navigate. The Air Force System Command said that Landsat D ( Landsat 4 ), a NASA remote-sensing craft built by General Electric, was getting signals from the ... Space Division's NavStar global-positioning system (GPS) satellite to compute position, velocity., and time. Landsat 4 , first satellite to carry a GPS receiver, could record its precise position as it acquired ...

... October and November, bringing the total miles driven on the mission to 22 miles (35.4 kilometers). Researchers used the rover to survey the extent of Matijevic Hill outcrops and ... within the institute to link moderate-resolution imagery from the China-Brazil Earth Resources Satellite, Landsat, and other Earth observation missions with the policy needs of the Brazilian government, most notably ...

... the latest of several conducted from the Wallops facility since 1970. (WFC Release 75-14) Landsat-2 , launched 22 Jan. 75, had successfully completed more than 10 mos of orbital operations ... Landsat-2 data to meet the major objectives. Primary mission objectives had been declared satisfied, as well as all secondary objectives that were not time-dependent. (MOR E-641-75-02, 4 ... station, larger than its predecessor, was expected to last longer. (Tass, in FBIS No. 240, 4 Dec 75) November 1975 November December 1975 December Dec 1 1975 1 Dec 2 1975 ...

... , the Earth Observation Satellite Company said that the Reagan administration was withholding funds for the Landsat program it managed. The $65 million not released was earmarked for new satellites, receiving stations, and support operations. The Landsat satellite was launched in 1972 as a data gathering operation for the government and public ... 1986 December Dec 1 1986 1 Dec 2 1986 2 Dec 3 1986 3 Dec 4 1986 4 Dec 5 1986 5 Dec 6 1986 6 Dec 7 1986 7 Dec 8 ...

... in Lake St. Clair''' On July 28, 2015, the Operational Land Imager ( OLI ) on the Landsat 8 satellite captured images of algal blooms around the Great Lakes, visible as swirls of ...

... restrictions on the conduct of current manned space flights . . .” ''(AEC-DOD-NASA Status Report,, 2/4/63)'' Astronaut M. Scott Carpenter , speaking before aerospace medicine conference at SAM, San Antonio, said ... was under development. by Rocketdyne for use in Saturn V launch vehicle. ''(Av. Wk., 2/4/63, 26)'' AFSC announced improved U.S.-Canadian antiaircraft control sites, BUIC (Back-Up Interceptor ...

... launches; extravehicular operations; auton­omous navigation; and radiation levels within the space capsule. ''(M&R, 4/15/63, 15)'' In address at Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacksburg, Secre­tary of Commerce ... system for an X­-band radar to enhance re-entry communications. ''(Newport News Times-Herald, 4/4/63)'' Ham, first chimpanzee to be successfully launched on (suborbital) flight, became a permanent resident ...

... the Nimbus R&D models. ''(NASA Release 63-220; Commerce Re­lease; Wash. Post,10/4/63, 2)'' An aircraft somewhat similar to the U-2 reconnaissance plane was seen by ... for each flight was listed as 600,000 kg. ''(1,322,760 lbs.)''. ''(Pravda, 10/4/63, AFSS-T Trans.)'' Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ordered that TV chan­nel 37 in ... used "'black iron where there should have been stainless steel."' ''(Hines, Wash. Eve. Star, 10/4/63)'' Atlas F ICBM was launched by USAF from Vandenberg AFB , but blew up during ...

... and development costs are already expended and Atlas has certainly proven its reliability. . . ." ''(CR, 3/4/64, A1115)'' ComSatCorp applied to FCC for authority to construct and orbit over the mid ... 1967 or early 1968, unnamed sources revealed in Washington. ''(UPI, Omaha Eve. World-Herald, 3/4/64)'' FAA announced Lufthansa-German Airlines had reserved three delivery positions for U.S. supersonic ...

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