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The United States Space Surveillance Network (SSN) detects, tracks, catalogs and identifies artificial objects orbiting Earth, e.g. active/inactive satellites, spent rocket bodies, or fragmentation debris. The system is the responsibility of United States Space Command and operated by the United States Space Force and its functions are:
Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR; formerly known as Triana, unofficially known as GoreSat[ 3 ]) is a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) space weather, space climate, and Earth observation satellite. It was launched by SpaceX on a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle on 11 February 2015, from Cape Canaveral. [ 4 ]
The NASA Deep Space Network (DSN) is a worldwide network of spacecraft communication ground segment facilities, located in the United States (California), Spain (Madrid), and Australia (Canberra), that supports NASA 's interplanetary spacecraft missions. It also performs radio and radar astronomy observations for the exploration of the Solar ...
The Mariner program began in 1960 with a series of JPL mission studies for small-scale, frequent exploration of the nearest planets. They were to take advantage of the soon-to-be-available Atlas launch vehicles as well as the developing capability of JPL's Deep Space Instrumentation Facility (later named the Deep Space Network), a global network of ground stations designed to communicate with ...
Clementine. (spacecraft) Clementine (officially called the Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE)) was a joint space project between the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (previously the Strategic Defense Initiative Organization) and NASA, launched on January 25, 1994. Its objective was to test sensors and spacecraft components in ...
Psyche (spacecraft) Psyche (/ ˈsaɪki / SY-kee) is a NASA Discovery Program space mission launched on October 13, 2023 to explore the origin of planetary cores by orbiting and studying the metallic asteroid 16 Psyche beginning in 2029. [ 8 ] NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) manages the project.
Clementine, 1994. Ultraviolet/Visible camera (UV/Vis) Near-Infrared camera (NIR) High-Resolution Camera (HIRES) Lunar Precursor Robotic Program, 2009. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite. One visible, two near infrared, and two mid-infrared cameras.
Deep Impact was a NASA space probe launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on January 12, 2005. [4] It was designed to study the interior composition of the comet Tempel 1 (9P/Tempel), by releasing an impactor into the comet. At 05:52 UTC on July 4, 2005, the Impactor successfully collided with the comet's nucleus.