... Atlas V Launches TDRS-K . ... Credit Copyright: Ben Cooper ( Launch Photography ) Explanation: Beyond a fertile field of satellite communication antennas at Kennedy Space Center , an Atlas V rocket streaks into orbit in this long exposure photograph. ... This TDRS-K is the first in a next-generation series adding to the constellation of NASA's communication satellites. ... In fact, many TDRS satellites were ferried as far as low Earth orbit on space shuttles. ... Hitomi Launches . ... Atlas V Rising...

The XPA messaging system provides seamless communication between many kinds of Unix programs, including X programs and Tcl/Tk programs. It also provides an easy way for users to communicate with these XPA-enabled programs by executing XPA client commands in the shell or by utilizing such commands in scripts. ... A program becomes an XPA-enabled server by defining named points of public access through which data and commands can be exchanged with other client programs (and users). ...

... Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. 2013 February 1 . Atlas V Launches TDRS-K . ... Explanation: Beyond a fertile field of satellite communication antennas at Kennedy Space Center , an Atlas V rocket streaks into orbit in this long exposure photograph. ... This TDRS-K is the first in a next-generation series adding to the constellation of NASA's communication satellites. ...

Astronotes Armagh Planetarium's Stellar Blog! ... Space Flight . ... Rockets . ... New Shepard taking off (image credit: Blue Origin) . ... This is a reusable, vertical takeoff, vertical landing two-part suborbital space vehicle. The two sections of New Shepard are a pressurised crew module or capsule for six passengers (with its own launch escape system) and a propulsion module (or booster rocket) propelled by a Blue Origin BE-3 liquid propellant rocket motor. ... Subscribe to Astronotes . ...

... spectrum . ... sfit . ... Briefly, these refer to the type of spectrum to be computed, the method of calculation of the source function, the number of anges if specific intensities are to be computed, the choice of continuous opacity subroutine library, the broadening data for HeI lines and the approximation ito be used for untabulated diffuse HeI lines. ... Refer to the SPECTRUM documentation for more information. spc_nsource <nsource> : Switch for method used to compute source function (def: 3) . ...

Super Rocket Targets . NPO MOLNIYA has been designing rockets-targets for over 30 years using the great experience in crea-ting anti-aircraft guided rockets (AGR) for C-25M. On the basis of B-300 anti-aircraft rockets which expired their service life, there were designed, tested and put into the serial production the following types of the rocket - ... The analogue of this system successfully passed the state tests with the ZVEZDA-4 rocket-target. ...

Status of the EGSE updating with SCOS 2000 Nicola La Palombara INAF ­ IASF Milano XMM ­ EPIC Operation Meeting Mallorca, 29 March 2011 Status of the EGSE updating with SCOS 2000 Project overview Two on-ground EPIC Flight Spare instruments: 1 MOS camera at the Leicester University (UK) 1 PN camera at the MPE Panter facility of Munich (D) Both instruments are operated through the same Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE) which was used for AIV tests before satellite integration. ...

The HyperNews Linux KHG Discussion Pages . ... Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 20:00:10 GMT . From: Andrei Racz < andreir@worldnet.att.net > . I am experimenting with a PS/2 mouse in remote operation - which is, requesting for a pointing packet and then waiting for it. ... Usually, the mouse operates in stream mode, sending continuosly. I started with psaux.c code; first I added a timer which would fire the callback which in turn would send the request. ... Regards, Andrei Racz . ...

... Geoforschungszentrum Potsdam, Aussenstelle Observatorium Niemegk, Germany Magnetic and electric fields and plasma waves are generally thought to play a significant role in various processes. ... The wave instruments included hihgly sensitive sensors for measurements of fluctuations of the plasma flow, current density, electric and magnetic fields, spacecraft potential, density and temperature of the plasma and multi-channell frequency analyzers [Klimov et al., ... Magnetic field measurements . ...

Free Space Optical Communication Systems . ... Airplane - geostationary satellite laser communication. ... Air ( space) optical communication systems ( AO ) . ... The Optical ground station was constructed at Teide observatory, Tenerife, Canary Islands for laser communication experiments from ground to geostationary (GEO) satellites. ... Laser communication experiments between ARTEMIS satellite and optical ground station (OGS) ESA at Canary Islands are performing also. ... CW laser test experiments . ...

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... Name: Emma Marie Kirby . ... Email: emma AT mso.anu.edu.au (Replace AT with @ symbol) . ... PhD (Feb 2006 - Present) . ... Kirby, E., Jerjen, H., Ryder, S., Driver, S., Deep Near-IR Surface Photometry of 57 Galaxies in the Local Sphere of Influence , AJ, 136, 1866 . Kirby, E., Jerjen, H., Ryder, S., Driver, S., 2007, to appear in proceedings of "Galaxies in the Local Volume", Sydney, July 2007 (astro-ph/ 0709.2192 ) Deepest Near-IR Surface Photometry of Galaxies in the Local Sphere of Influence . ...

Электронная библиотека астронома-любителя. ... библиотека . архив RSN . ... Ru.Space.News: . Ноябрь 1998 . ... Дата: 19 ноября 1998 (1998-11-19) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Voyager 2 Update - November 17, 1998 Привет всем! ... Дата: 19 ноября 1998 (1998-11-19) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Deep Space 1 Quick Facts Привет всем! ... Дата: 19 ноября 1998 (1998-11-19) От: Alexander Bondugin Тема: Leonid Meteor Storm Springs Early Surprise/Leonids peak earlier than e Привет всем! ...

University Satellites and . Space Science Education . ... Use of microsatellite technology in aerospace education by the example of BAUMANETS microsatellite project . ... Launch is scheduled for March 2006. ... Over 20 students graduated from BMSTU and found work in leading Russia s and international aerospace companies. ... Meanwhile, modern labor market in aerospace shows increasing requirements towards quality of university education. ...

... Piping in a C program: < stdio.h > . ... Pipes . ... We use fprintf() and fscanf() to communicate with the pipe's stream . ... plotter.c module */ /* contains routines to plot a data file produced by another program */ /* 2d data plotted in this version */ /**********************************************************************/ #include externals.h static FILE * plot1 , *plot2, *ashell; static char *startplot1 = plot [] [0:1.1]'plot11.dat' with lines, 'plot12.dat' with lines\n ; static ...

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... Tonight's Sky . ... Observing . ... Sky this Month . ... Sky this Week . ... Astronomy for Kids . ... Communication failure of X-ray astronomy satellite т??Hitomiт?? ... The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) found that communication with the X-ray astronomy satellite Hitomi (ASTRO-H), launched on February 17, 2016, failed from the start of its operation originally scheduled at 16:40, Saturday March 26 (JST). ... Only registered members of Astronomy.com are allowed to comment on this article....

ELF-VLF ADVANCED SIGNAL ANALYZER AND SAMPLER SAS-2 . ... Therefore the SAS-2 must be input signals in the band 20Hz…16kHz (or 20kHz) from as other SI. In this case the SAS-2 must get the wide-band ELF-VLF input signal form the . ... e) Onboard Time: The time is needed to program scheduled data collections ! ... MODE 2 : In this mode the SAS-2 investigates that the input signals appearing in the three (six) input channels are a whistler or not. ... Address of input channel is added to each sample. ...

Home About Meade Product Information Dealer Locator Customer Support Investor Relations Dealer Support Employment Opportunities Site Map . Meade Instruments Corporation . ... The Autostar/LX200 Command Set . ... The LX200 Command Set may be used to write custom software for remote operation of an LX200 telescope with a personal computer. ... The name Meade and the Meade logo may be used only with permission from Meade Instruments Corporation. ... Autostar Downloads . ... product information | ...

... The European HST Archive has been moved to ESA's European Space Astronomy Centre ( ESAC ), Spain, where most of ESA's Space Science Archives are located and operated from. ... The Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility (ST-ECF), jointly operated by ESA and the European Southern Observatory ( ESO ) was, until the end of 2010, the European HST science facility, supporting the European astronomy community in exploiting the research opportunities provided by the Hubble Space Telescope. ...