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Dawn spacecraft captures image of asteroid with mountain bigger than Everest
A new image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mount Everest in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta, which resides between …
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Kodak CCD image sensor to launch as part of Jupiter-exploring Juno spacecraft
… produced by Eastman Kodak (NYSE:EK) will serve as the "eye" of an instrument called JunoCam, which is part of the Juno spacecraft that is being launched this week on a five-year trip to the planet Jupiter. JunoCam will provide full color images of Jupiter …
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e2v sensors guide unmanned spacecraft to International Space Station
… European Space Agency (ESA) Jules Verne spacecraft , the first automated transfer vehicle ..... for determining the orientation of the spacecraft by measuring its position relative to ..... rendezvous and docking sensor for the spacecraft . The Jules Verne ATV was carried into …
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Spacecraft carries to study Mars
Spacecraft carries to study Mars By John Haystead ..... the launch in November 1996 of the MGS spacecraft and already 4.8 million km from Earth ..... provides the 1553 interface to the spacecraft `s main payload-data-system (PDS …
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Galileo spacecraft images
Galileo spacecraft images By John Haystead, Contributing ..... potential image smearing caused by spacecraft motion, and the radiation shielding ..... radiation-induced effects occur when the spacecraft is near Jupiter, no significant damage …
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e2v image sensors capture image of spacecraft landing on Mars
… from its parachute as the lander successfully arrived on Mars. This is the first time that a spacecraft has captured an image of another spacecraft landing on a planetary body. The MRO is currently on Mars gathering data on the planet's climate …
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Imaging sensors launched into space
… Agency’s (ESA) Edoardo Amaldi spacecraft , the third Automated Transfer Vehicle ..... for determining the orientation of the spacecraft by measuring its position relative to ..... rendezvous and docking sensor for the spacecraft . Built under a contract from Astrium …
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Imaging algorithms map out the moon
… used image processing algorithms to transform legacy data from the Apollo Metric Camera onboard the Apollo 15, 16 and 17 spacecraft into an immersive 3-D mosaic map of a part of the moon. The "Apollo Zone" Digital Image Mosaic (DIM) and Digital Terrain …
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Tactical Satellite-3 begins military support after demonstrating value of hyperspectral imaging
… demonstration to an operational asset when spacecraft control authority officially transferred ..... a flag officer panel appraisal. The spacecraft also featured first generation modular ..... Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, ATK Spacecraft Systems and Services, NASA, and the …
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e2v CCD imaging sensors are launched into space
… 6, 2009, e2v 's (Chelmsford, UK; www.e2v.com ) CCD imaging sensors were launched into space onboard the Kepler spacecraft as it successfully lifted off from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA, onboard a Delta II rocket on its three-and-a-half-year …