Sentence examples for operating satellites from inspiring English sources

The space force would be responsible for training and equipping military personnel specializing in space operations, as well buying and operating satellites and other military space systems.

SLSTR is planned for launch in 2013 on Sentinel-3, with two concurrently operating satellites planned for daily global coverage.

It is designed to introduce undergraduate engineering students to the engineering fundamentals of conceiving, designing, implementing, and operating satellites and other space systems.

Although its main purpose is to train military officers in designing, building and operating satellites, Pansat will function for at least a year in the amateur radio frequency range as a kind of space bulletin board for ham radio operators.

He was referring to the growing problem of space junk: dead satellites, leftover rockets, and debris from previous collisions that threaten operating satellites, human spaceflight, and even the International Space Station.

But NASA's recent moves to scale back future programs and turn off currently operating satellites prompted committee members to push through a report that could influence congressional debate on the 2006 budget, which goes into effect on 1 October.

A currently operating satellite lidar sensor originally designed for monitoring ice dynamics, the Geoscience Laser Altimetry System (GLAS) onboard ICESAT, is being used for vegetation analysis despite having limited spatial coverage and a relatively large (ca 70 m) ground footprint.

The reconnaissance office operates satellites that provide information to the Central Intelligence Agency and Department of Defense.

More than 25 countries have their own astronauts and twice as many operate satellites.

What's it like to operate satellites 260 miles above the Earth's surface?

The Department of Defense also controls the National Reconnaissance Office NROone ofe of several highly secret units that design, build, and operate satellites.