Satellite state

During the Cold War the United States and the Soviet Union had many technological advancements. The most notable of all was the creation of the first Earth satellite. The satellite named Sputnik I was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957 and orbited the Earth for three months. At this moment the Soviet Union had officially started the Space Race and was currently in the lead. During this time the US citizens reacted differently. “From the 1950's, the United States and the Soviet Union attempted to surpass each other in feats of space exploration. What became known as "the space race" began with the Soviet's successful launch of the first ever artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, on October 4, 1957. Sputnik (the full name of which - Sputnik…

Although space debris may seem trivial, it is in fact crucial in terms of today’s concern over technology. One main problem is the Kessler Syndrome, a scenario in which the density of an object in low earth orbit is high enough that collisions between objects could cause a cascade. Donald Kessler himself wrote, “There’s no doubt about it, a cascading collision of satellites in orbit would definitely affect life on Earth, by disrupting global communication, limit globalization and undermine…

while in orbit; unfortunately the satellite failed to ignite on its fourth stage in its launch process and never made it to orbit. During the time of Explorer 2, the Soviets were also at work with Luna 2, this probe became the first to hit the moon but after 33.5 hours into flight the signals were dead. The US then created another satellite, the fourth satellite by America, and the first satellite to be solar-powered. They created the Vanguard 1, the first part of the Vanguard Project. Although…

Sir Julian Corbett’s Thoughts on U.S. Hegemony of Low Earth Orbit Satellites – manmade systems deliberately placed in Earth’s orbit – undeniably benefit humankind, from enhancing scientific understanding, communications, and situational awareness to expanding commerce and development. Correspondingly, low-Earth orbit (LEO) represents the point of entry for the security, economic, and informational benefits humans derive from space because almost every manmade object traveling through this…

1. [endif]INTRODUCTION Remote sensing is the non-contact recording of information from the ultraviolet, infrared, and microwave parts of the electromagnetic range by mean of instruments, such as, cameras, scanners, lasers, linear arrays and arrays situated on stages, such as, flying machine or spacecraft/rocket, and the investigation of gained data by mean of visual and computerized picture preparing. In a straightforward sense, remote sensing is the study of acquiring data about items or…

Kennedy took over the presidential reins from a harrowed Eisenhower in the late 1960. Continuing a chronological analysis from the perspective of the Cold War conflict, Kennedy found himself faced with seemingly insurmountable circumstances: America was in the process of a deep cultural recession and needed a solution, needed a way out. Kennedy’s answer was delivered in his famous speech in May of 1961: Surpass Russia entirely by the end of the decade, landing a man on the moon and bringing him…

Exponential Innovations: The Tensions of The Cold War The world was thrust into the Atomic era by Fat Boy and Little Man, the two atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki at the end of WWII (Nelson 212). These bombs served as a demonstration to the world of the immense power created by splitting the atom. This fostered the exigence for the prevailing global superpowers, the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States (US), to develop larger, more destructive nuclear…

Satellites, everyone depend on them more than you think. Many of the things on phones need satellites, they give you TV, and give weather forecasts. But they also do more than everyday things, they protect everyone from forest fires, oil spills, and air pollution by monitoring land and helping to distribute needed measures. And now these necessities of our lives are being threatened by the want to militarize space. This so called “evolutionary stage” must be stopped as it will start a new arms…

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 earth…

Sustainability in Space One may think that Earth’s orbit has an unlimited amount of space to hold whatever celestial bodies or satellites it may encounter, but like Earth’s population, there are always limits on space. NASA states that there are over 21,000 objects in Earth’s orbit today that can be considered debris over ten centimeters (Stansbery). Scientists worry about these objects colliding with one another. Collision could cause a major snowball effect that could end up damaging an…