In 1958, the first U.S. Earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched at Cape Canaveral.
It is intended to generate 80kN of thrust and is designed to place the Earth observation satellite into its final orbit just a few hundred kilometres above the planet.
This information should give scientists fresh insight into the internal structure of Earth's satellite.
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Earlier this month NASA unveiled its mission statement to revisit earth's satellite and create a permanent base there.
Even so, North Korea at the time declared it had successfully put in a place a second earth-orbiting satellite.
Wall says the event, as well as the Soviets launching the first Earth-orbiting satellite four years before, could have been just what the U.S needed.
But this theory predicts Earth and its satellite should have a quite different chemical make-up - and the data shows in fact they are very similar.
As Laine explains in the video, an elevator from the surface of the Moon to a rendezvous point between the Earth and its satellite is actually possible using current technology.
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Others, including Pirate Party co-chairman Gregory Engels, seem to prefer the idea of a low-Earth-orbit satellite that would be harder to launch but easier to keep airborne than a slowly-deflating balloon.
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Orbiting 440 miles above Earth, the satellite will zip around the planet 14 times a day, snapping hundreds of pictures that will be beamed back to ground stations in South Dakota, Alaska and Norway.
That means that the same spot on the Earth being observed will have consistent lighting as the satellite orbits the Earth, making it easier to see changes over time.
Similarly, repayment of Eximbank loans made in 1986 for a satellite communication earth station and loans made in 1987 are also overdue.
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One theory for the difference between the Moon's far side and near side is an ancient collision with a second natural satellite of Earth.
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It is here that mission control will receive the telemetry from Curiosity that has been bounced to Earth by the overflying satellite known as Odyssey.
Andreas Gursky's 2010 satellite image of Earth, "Ocean V, " comes directly from the actor's private collection.
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If it is determined that J002E3 is natural it will become Earth's third natural satellite.
Last February a U.S. cruiser successfully shot down a damaged U.S. military spy satellite hurtling toward Earth.
Nasa says its six-tonne UARS satellite plunged to Earth over the Pacific Ocean, off the US west coast.
The burgeoning commercial space sector is also casting its gaze towards Earth's only natural satellite with companies considering everything from mining the lunar surface to building extraterrestrial resorts on it.
Mr Bennett, whose love of rocketry was inspired by the 1960s TV series Thunderbirds, has predicted that he could put a small satellite in low Earth orbit by the year 2001.
The book uses satellite photographs of Earth, as well as detailed charts and diagrams, to illustrate how the planet is changing from the destruction of the Aral Sea to the spread of pollutants.
In other company news, 36 years after astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin strode upon the Earth's only natural satellite, Schmidt's firm has launched Google Moon: A mapping service that lets homo sapiens explore the lunar surface from their PCs.
The satellite is intended for Earth observations to assist with scientific research, and will be constructed by Astrium.
The team at Rochester, which is led by Roger Easton, is concentrating on so-called multispectral analysis, borrowing techniques that were developed for analysing satellite images of the earth.
Examples include direct broadcast television, satellite communications, and earth mapping.
Made up of a 24-satellite constellation encircling the Earth, the GPS system helps hikers, motorists, pilots and mariners navigate their way by giving them an accurate fix on their location.
UoSat 12, an experimental micro-satellite that observes the Earth and demonstrates advanced communication and position finding technologies, was launched last year by a Russian rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakstan.
And after the Soviet launch of Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth, the United States went about winning the Space Race by investing in science and technology, leading not only to small steps on the moon but also to tremendous economic benefits here on Earth.
The rocket was attempting to carry a 19.5kg satellite to a low-Earth orbit of 450km.
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Without intervention, officials say, the satellite would have fallen to Earth on its own in early March.
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