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  2. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System - Wikipedia

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    TDRS Program Logo Location of TDRS as of March 2019 An unflown TDRS on display at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia.. The U.S. Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS, pronounced "T-driss") is a network of American communications satellites (each called a tracking and data relay satellite, TDRS) and ground stations used by NASA for space communications.

  3. Doppler tracking - Wikipedia

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    Doppler tracking.The Doppler effect allows the measurement of the distance between a transmitter from space and a receiver on the ground by observing how the frequency received from the transmitter changes as it approaches the transmitter, is overhead, and moves away.

  4. NOAA-19 - Wikipedia

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    NOAA-N Prime after falling over during construction, on 6 September 2003. On 6 September 2003 at 15:28 UTC, the satellite was badly damaged while being worked on at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems factory in Sunnyvale, California. The spacecraft fell to the floor as it reached 13° of tilt while being rotated.

  5. Will today's falling satellite hit you? You're more likely to ...

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    According to live updates from the ESA, the agency predicts the satellite will reenter the atmosphere on Wednesday around 10:41 a.m. EST, with an uncertainty of plus-or-minus 1.44 hours (1 hour ...

  6. NASA Launches Storm-Tracking Weather Satellite From ... - AOL

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    NASA launched an advanced weather satellite, the GOES-S (Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite), from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 1.The satellite, launched via an Atlas V ...

  7. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    Carried five instruments which uses radar and sensors of visible infrared light to closely monitor precipitation. [39] UARS: Inactive NASA: 1991 Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. Part of NASA's Earth-Sun System Missions. Retired 2005. Vanguard 2: Inactive NRL: 1959 Vanguard 2E. The first weather satellite, designed to measure cloud cover.

  8. NEXRAD - Wikipedia

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    NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next-Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high-resolution S-band Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service (NWS), an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) within the United States Department of Commerce, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within the Department of Transportation, and the U.S. Air Force within the ...

  9. Weather radar - Wikipedia

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    Weather radar in Norman, Oklahoma with rainshaft Weather (WF44) radar dish University of Oklahoma OU-PRIME C-band, polarimetric, weather radar during construction. Weather radar, also called weather surveillance radar (WSR) and Doppler weather radar, is a type of radar used to locate precipitation, calculate its motion, and estimate its type (rain, snow, hail etc.).