Satellite campus

handle the already growing space debris problem today. Space debris, in this context, is all of the bits of destroyed man-made technology left in space, some of which fall into orbit. While in orbit, this space debris poses massive risks to active satellites or other spacecraft. Some efforts are being made to reduce the volume of debris but they may not be enough. It is entirely possible that a chain reaction has already begun and it is too late…

When the world launched the first object/satellite into earth, they probably were not anticipating how cluttered and dangerous it would become about sixty years later. Space debris has been a very popular subject over the last couple of decades. To be more specific, orbital debris is what this paper will mostly look at because that is mostly man-made objects that we have propelled into space and left there for years. These objects such as retired satellites and rockets orbit around in the low…

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial Earth satellite into a low Earth orbit. The satellite was called “Sputnik 1” and it prompted Dwight D. Eisenhower’s successor (John F. Kennedy) to respond by implementing a mission that would send a few selected astronauts to the moon. By 1969, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) sent three extraordinarily brave men on a historical mission that unbeknownst to them would become a highlight for the rest of mankind. Today…

and how Americans viewed the government and entertainment. Radar was one of the first advances to contribute to the war, then the development of the Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer that helped develop the fusion bomb. Next, the first satellite was sent to revolve around the Earth, but it was from the Soviet Union, which resulted in Americans drive to develop Explorer 1. It ultimately improved Americans understanding of space. Then lastly the use of television became a way of…

The Space Race The date was July 31, 1956. The United States of America had just announced plans to launch an artificial satellite into earth orbit. Two days later, the communist collective known as the USSR did the same [1]. Although the USA had announced their goal first, the Russians beat them to it, launching Sputnik in late 1957, striking a blow to American confidence [2]. The next twelve years would be a whirlwind of technological innovation as both sides raced to exert control over the…

Lumin Abdur-Rashid Rhetorical Analysis The article “No Longer a Dream: Silicon Valley Takes On the Flying Car” written by John Markoff. The technology industry is constantly creating new things. An aerospace engineer, has piloted a flying car (Kitty Hawk Flyer) above a lake about 100 miles north of San Francisco. There are many positives and negatives to having the Kitty Hawk Flyer available in society. Markoff uses visuals to appeal to the reader, such that can catch the reader's attention…

GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM The Global Positioning System (GPS) also called NAVSTAR is a satellite-based navigation system made up of at least 24 satellites. The U.S. Department of Defense (USDOD) originally put the satellites into space for military use, yet they were made accessible for civilian use in the 1980s. It is comprised of satellites, ground stations, and receivers. These satellites can tell the exact location where someone is situated. GPS works in any climate conditions, anyplace on…

Armstrong once said “I think we're going to the moon because it's in the nature of the human being to face challenges. It's by the nature of his deep inner soul... we're required to do these things just as salmon swim upstream.” NASA has been sending satellites, space shuttles, people, and many other things into space ever since they were first created, but sending all those things into space isn’t the only thing that NASA has done, they have also done as much as they can to help the people.…

A group of students attached a GoPro camera into a weather balloon The balloon rose up to 98,600 feet before bursting in the stratosphere The unit was found at the Grand Canyon two years after the launch A GoPro camera that was launched to the stratosphere was found to be lying at the Grand Canon two years after its owners lost contact to it. In a report written by Nicholas St. Fleur for the New York Times, the unit, which was attached to a Samsung phone, was told to have been found by a hiker…

a 23-inch-diameter, 183-pound ball containing a radio transmitter, into space” (Bowles and Kaplan, 2012, paragraph 7). The Sputnik I was known as the first artificial satellite. It was involved in the orbit and the Earth. It was also a part of the Soviet Union. The first person reached satellite in 1957. The size of the satellite was not very large. The Sputnik traveled above the Earth’s surface. According to Bowles and Kaplan, “from the Soviet Union’s successful orbit of Sputnik in 1957 to…