The MOUSE (Minimal Orbital Unmanned Satellite, Earth) is a full-scale design concept model for an artificial satellite.

This is a replica of Ariel-1 satellite, the world's first internationally conceived and executed satellite.

Launch Vehicle for First U.S. Artificial Satellite This is a full-scale reproduction of the Jupiter-C launch vehicle with a replica of the Explorer I satellite on top. A Jupiter-C rocket launched the …

What are the Main Parts of a Communications Satellite? Most communications satellites have the same basic components, pointed out in this diagram: Solar cells and batteries to power the …

This metal arming key is the last remaining piece of the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth. It prevented contact between the batteries and transmitters until Sputnik was prepared for …

The program has sparked innovations in spacecraft design and manufacture and enabled radio enthusiasts to participate in satellite communications. The Museum's artifact is a scale model …

2023年8月9日 · The Viking was the U.S. Navy’s refinement of the V-2. It was used in the late 1940s and early 1950s as a sounding rocket and test launch vehicle for Project Vanguard, …

The Baker-Nunn Camera, designed by James Baker and Joseph Nunn, was created to observe both natural and man-made satellites orbiting at a great altitude. This high-precision telescopic …

Earth's natural satellite is the Moon, but many objects in our Solar System have multiple natural satellites. Humans have also created artificial satellites—human-made machines and …

It went on to power the Jupiter-C, a modification of the Redstone missile that placed the U.S.'s first artificial satellite, Explorer 1, in 1958. In 1961, another modified Redestone, the Mercury …