The National Geographic Magazine, Volume 109National Geographic Society, 1956 - Geography |
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... miles to the northwest . Roswell got word in time , but Brownsville received no official warning because forecasters were looking up in the conventional way . This picture's ominous downward view would have alerted them . Chance alone ...
... miles to the northwest . Roswell got word in time , but Brownsville received no official warning because forecasters were looking up in the conventional way . This picture's ominous downward view would have alerted them . Chance alone ...
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... miles per second . Satellite burns up IV Initial speed 5.0 miles per secon To stay aloft at 300 miles , a satellite must coast at more than 17,000 miles an hour and its course must closely follow the earth's curvature . Even a slight ...
... miles per second . Satellite burns up IV Initial speed 5.0 miles per secon To stay aloft at 300 miles , a satellite must coast at more than 17,000 miles an hour and its course must closely follow the earth's curvature . Even a slight ...
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... miles above the ground . From then on , the satellite would coast along the downward leg of its elliptic orbit , pick up speed , and return to its starting point 300 miles above the ground . There its speed would again be 5 miles a ...
... miles above the ground . From then on , the satellite would coast along the downward leg of its elliptic orbit , pick up speed , and return to its starting point 300 miles above the ground . There its speed would again be 5 miles a ...
Contents
Airplanes New Industry and Military Defense Speed Progress | v |
In These Telltale and Often Beautiful Relics of Vanished | xviii |
Athens to Istanbul A Journey Through the Heart of the | 37 |
Copyright | |
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