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Page 439
... satellite , or " long - playing rocket , " as Dr. Kaplan has called it , will girdle the earth entirely for scientific pur- poses . All nations will have full access to data emanating from the satellite and gath- ered in observing it ...
... satellite , or " long - playing rocket , " as Dr. Kaplan has called it , will girdle the earth entirely for scientific pur- poses . All nations will have full access to data emanating from the satellite and gath- ered in observing it ...
Page 447
... satellite would pass through its peak , more than 1,400 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 ...
... satellite would pass through its peak , more than 1,400 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 ...
Page 449
... satellite meets the same fate . Gravity Causes Orbit to Wobble Besides air drag , there are a number of other factors that will have small effects upon the motion of the satellite . Gravity of the sun and moon will cause the orbit to ...
... satellite meets the same fate . Gravity Causes Orbit to Wobble Besides air drag , there are a number of other factors that will have small effects upon the motion of the satellite . Gravity of the sun and moon will cause the orbit to ...
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Wildlife Adventuring in Jackson Hole 1 | 103 |
Athens to İstanbul 37 | 139 |
Mauritius Island of the Dodo 77 | 179 |
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