#geosynchronous

[pauldelancey]

Paul’s Awesome English Dictionary – Today’s Word: Techfind

Our forefathers and foremothers tamed the wild frontiers, desserts, and ocean armed only with: grit, the five senses, and above all, single-minded determination. The present batch of humanity is not so impressive. We can do so little using only what our creator gave us. We need inventions to accomplish anything. But we don’t have a word to describe this behavior. It’s high time to correct this…

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#awesome #cell phoe #Chef Paul #Comic Chef #cookbook #dictionary #English #geosynchronous #orbit #Paul #Paul De Lancey #Paul&039;s Awesome English Dictionary #satellite #techfind #technology

[jkg9sv9vo]

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#spectrophobia #developoid #japed #stillness #ahpiraye #amidated #Jacamerops #geosynchronous #fatty #opsonize #interknotted #Actinidia #Punxsutawney #shamuses #heteroplasia #cn- #joltheaded #Twana #dipody #Caledonian

[merriclo]

not to be that person but why r y’all so mean to navi and fi. they’re sweeties

#u cannot convince me that the general fandom thinks ghirahim is better than fi #don’t get me wrong i like geosynchronous but he is much more annoying than fi

[swan2swan]

Up at 3 AM once again thinking about how most control of systems in Star Wars would actually take place on the Night Side of planets, as hyperspacing in on the Day Side would mean passing too close to the system's star.

#obviously you could be geosynchronous with capitals like Theed and such #but for a planet like Earth you would probably want to control the night side #maybe keep some support vessels matched above China and the US and Europe #but the sun is going to work as a wall #the equivalent of having a cliff on one side #and we SEE THIS in the OG because the Death Star has to go around Yavin

[falconisinstartup]

Nilesat 301

#spacex #falcon 9 #nilesat 301 #gto #geosynchronous transfer orbit #geo #space #launch #rocket #satellite

[competitionpedia]

Why is ISRO building a second rocket launchport in Tamil Nadu’s Kulasekarapattinam?

The cornerstone for ISRO's second rocket launchpad was laid on February 28 in Kulasekarapattinam, situated in the Thoothukudi district of coastal Tamil Nadu. It will be dedicated solely to commercial, on-demand, and small satellite launches in the future. To know more about Rocket Launch Port in Tamil Nadu, visit: https://competitionpedia.in/…/news-current…/07-03-2024

#ISRO #second rocket launchport #Kulasekarapattinam #Thoothukudi #Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) #SHAR #Sriharikota #Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) #Geosynchronous Space Launch Vehicles (GSLV) #LVM3 #Gaganyaan #human-flight mission #commercial launches #on-demand launches #Small Satellite Launch Vehicles (SSLV) #SSLV-D1 #SSLV-D2.

[arickfan-blog1]

Chandrayaan-3: India's Lunar Legacy & Redefining Space Dominance

Step into a world of discovery and excitement with our latest blog post! Explore the fascinating realm of space exploration, as we delve into the wonders of Chandrayaan-3, Uncover the secrets of India's lunar legacy.

Chandrayaan 3 represents India’s bold venture into lunar exploration, pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery and paving the way for a new era of space exploration. With Chandrayaan 3, India aims to assert its position as a leading space-faring nation, showcasing its technological prowess and advancing its space capabilities to compete on the global stage. The mission aims to establish a…

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#Chandrayaan #Chandrayaan-3 #chandrayaan-3 launch date time #dailyprompt #dailyprompt-1993 #G20 #Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle Mark III #ISRO #Nambi Narayan #Propulsion #Rocketry: The Nambi Effect #Subbiah Arunan

[floating-hasselblad]

You know it's gonna be a good class when you get a message titled "glossary/definition of terms" and it's just a link to the glossary of aerospace engineering wiki page

#geosynchronous orbit am i right ladies #welcome to flight mechanics #thats it thats the tag for flight class

[indefinite-pitch]

Anechoic - Tolman Oppenheimer Volkoff Limit

Buy & support on Bandcamp: Anechoic - Geosynchronous Orbit

#premiere #311 #anechoic #geosynchronous orbit #concrete records #cltd015

[mindblowingscience]

NASA is demonstrating laser communications on multiple missions—showcasing the benefits infrared light can have for science and exploration missions transmitting terabytes of important data. The International Space Station is getting a "flashy" technology demonstration this November. The ILLUMA-T (Integrated Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Low Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal) payload is launching to the International Space Station to demonstrate how missions in low Earth orbit can benefit from laser communications. Laser communications uses invisible infrared light to send and receive information at higher data rates, providing spacecraft with the capability to send more data back to Earth in a single transmission and expediting discoveries for researchers. Managed by NASA's Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program, ILLUMA-T is completing NASA's first bi-directional, end-to-end laser communications relay by working with the agency's LCRD (Laser Communications Relay Demonstration). LCRD launched in December 2021 and is currently demonstrating the benefits of laser communications from geosynchronous orbit by transmitting data between two ground stations on Earth in a series of experiments.

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#science #stem #space #nasa #communication #lasers

[collinnmckinley]

Destiny 2 Gifs [80/∞] | Geosynchronous Orbit - Seraph Station.

#destiny #destiny 2 #destinysource #destinyedit #destinyjay #edits* #gifs* #userlivvi #gamingedit #dailyvideogames #dailygaming #i dont think i've had this fun since the beginning of this season #as much as i did doing this mission #it wasn't a secret mission like whisper or zero hour #but it was very similar and i loved it #imma record more later

[lonestarflight]

Early Program Development

"This 1971 artist's concept shows the Nuclear Shuttle in both its lunar logistics configuraton and geosynchronous station configuration. As envisioned by Marshall Space Flight Center Program Development persornel, the Nuclear Shuttle would deliver payloads to lunar orbits or other destinations then return to Earth orbit for refueling and additional missions."

Date: 1971

NASA ID: 9902064

#Space Shuttle #Space Shuttle Development #Concept Art #NASA #Space Transport System Program #Space Transport System #STS #Nuclear Shuttle #Nuclear Power #Nuclear Propulsion #Nuclear #1971 #Space Tug #my post

[bestworstcase]

fandom treating "just because something bad happened to you once upon a time? no one gets a fairytale ending!" like some sort of harsh truth sick burn is so funny to me bc

1. while the emotion behind it is genuine, yang is not dunking on salem to "call her out," she is being deliberately as caustic and belittling as possible to redirect salem's fury away from oscar onto herself while tied to the floor and that is indescribably more courageous, smart, and badass of her than the generic "you suck" speech yang's fans make it out to be

2. salem's actual reaction is like

"……ok?"

because salem does not even like fairytales and is also predominantly concerned with the part where a god who hates her wants to kill the entire world to punish her again, for the second time, and is also having the awkward realization that this is. her general's daughter. for something to be a sick burn there needs to actually be a burn

3. "hm. her again? :)" is salem throwing a brick into geosynchronous orbit, how likely is it this exchange will get reprised when the brick finally lands?

#it's such a rich moment for both characters which is of course why the fandom has to be reductive about it #every day i see posts

[apod]

2023 August 3

The Falcon and the Redstone Image Credit & Copyright: Matt Haskell

Explanation: In a photo from the early hours of July 29 (UTC), a Redstone rocket and Mercury capsule are on display at Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 5. Beyond the Redstone, the 8 minute long exposure has captured the arcing launch streak of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. The Falcon's heavy communications satellite payload, at a record setting 9 metric tons, is bound for geosynchronous orbit some 22,000 miles above planet Earth. The historic launch of a Redstone rocket carried astronaut Alan Shepard on a suborbital spaceflight in May 1961 to an altitude of about 116 miles. Near the top of the frame, this Falcon rocket's two reusable side boosters separate and execute brief entry burns. They returned to land side by side at Canaveral's Landing Zone 1 and 2 in the distance.

∞ Source: apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap230803.html

[tracybirds]

hey um. what's geostationary orbit and why is it impossible for TAG's TB5 to achieve?

Hello!! I'm assuming you're coming in from the stack of memes I made lol so welcome welcome, this is my well-known pet peeve and I will happily explain because it involves my favourite subject - physics!

"Impossible to achieve" isn't quite accurate - my argument is formed purely on the observational evidence of where it is, such that when the show makes references to TB5 being in geostationary orbit it doesn't make sense because it's simply.... not.

So strap in, I'll go through this as clearly as I can but feel free to ask follow up questions :D Or just generally hang out lol TAG is a fun time despite the handwave-y physics ahaha :D

1. What is geostationary orbit?

Geostationary orbit is the specific orbit where a satellite/space station/whatever moves with the exact same period as the Earth's rotation i.e. 24 hours AND is placed so that the object is directly over the equator, it will move in that orbit at the same rate as the location it is over, so that it will always be over that position at all times. This gives it the name "geostationary", implying that the Earth doesn't move relative to the orbiting object, or if you look down you'll always see the same place.

Both conditions must be met for geostationary orbit to occur; an orbit with a greater or lower period will fall out of step with the Earth fairly quickly, and if not on the equator, you'll get a related type of orbit known as a geosynchronous orbit which will move up and down relative to the equator rather than staying put.

Furthermore, I won't take you through the calculation (1 | 2 | 3), but using Kepler's Third Law which is sufficiently accurate for this scenario, this orbit must always be ~36,000 km above the Earth, or the quoted 22,500 miles in the show. That is the main evidence in the show that implies that the writers intended for TB5 to be in geostationary orbit, like TOS was written to be.

However....

2. Why can't TB5 be in geostationary orbit?

It's not that it can't, it's that it isn't! There's two main reasons for this that I return to when grumbling about this to my friends (they are long-suffering on this point lol thank goodness they're reasonably good-humoured about it...)

Reason 1: The size of the Earth from TB5

This is the most damning evidence. Let's make some visual comparisons.

This is what the Earth looks like from the International Space Station which maintains an orbit about 400 km above the surface of the Earth (in a region known as Low Earth Orbit).

It's a little more complicated to show what Earth looks like from geostationary orbit as many satellites in this region are communication relays or broadcasting satellites (very appropriate for TB5 it must be said!!) But that being said, this is a full disk image of Earth from Japan's Himawari 5, a weather satellite in geostationary orbit.

Now take a look at the animation in TAG and decide for yourself what was being used as inspiration!

But I'm a physics nerd, so I won't take blind faith in some pictures! No, no - if there's a specific height that an orbit must maintain in order to remain in this orbit and the size of the Earth doesn't change, then it should follow that the Earth must be some kind of stable "apparent" size that we can figure out. Think about a freestanding house from 40 m away. It doesn't matter in which direction the 40m is, the house takes up the same space in our vision. The same follows here.

Once again, I'll gloss over the calculations ( 1 | 2 | 3) and simply state that from geostationary orbit, the Earth should take up no more than about 20° of our field of vision. In comparison the visual angle of the Moon is about 0.5° so it's still going to look really big!! But not as big as you'd see from the ISS :P If you make both hands into fists, place them next to each other and hold them at arms length from your body, that would be the approximately the width of the Earth from geostationary orbit.

So TB5?

....might be a wee bit closer than that 😂

Reason 2: The locations on Earth

This one's a little looser, but it illustrates my second point - in order to be geostationary, TB5 needs to..... stay over one location? Like okay sure it has rockets and engines so that it's able to move around, we've seen them plenty of times. But that doesn't change that fact that even when these are not in use, TB5 is never in one place.

Here's some examples…

The Strait of Gibraltar (Spain and Morocco) | 1x07 (Runaway)

Looks like Japan in the background to me | 1x07 (Runaway)

Ireland and Great Britain | 1x08: EOS

Cheating a tad, but he's only just launched so it's reasonable to assume that here TB5 is over SE Asia | 2x02 (Ghost Ship)

None of these are examples where John's manoeuvred TB5 into position like he does in Skyhook (1x11) and Impact (2x09) so it's reasonable to assume that TB5 is following its assigned orbit... and its not geostationary!

Moral of the story: TB5 could be in geostationary orbit, there's nothing stopping it! But uh... it's not. Thanks for listening ;D

All images stolen either from the thunderbirds wiki, or I've attached a click through link to their origin :)

#thunderbirds are go #hello yes it's me chattering about geostationary orbits again #sorry not sorry

[thetownsendsw]

So the Rings of Power show came out yesterday, good a time as any to write out my LotR stupid hot take:

As we all know from a viral post on this very hellsite that I can’t be arsed to track down, Elves are Flat Earthers. In the era of the above mentioned tv show, and before, the world of Tolkien’s Legendarium was flat. But then some Atlanteans pissed off God and he done balled that world! Except for Elves! Who still perceive the world as flat so they can sail to heaven, which otherwise is floating in space perpendicular to one section of the Earth’s curve, I guess.

This is itself a very silly concept, which I would argue doesn’t go far enough.

EVERY RACE SHOULD PERCEIVE THE BASE GEOMETRY OF THE PLANET DIFFERENTLY.

Elf: Flat. Well established. Legolas perceives no horizon. Heaven is in geosynchronous orbit.

Human: Sphere. Stupid basic humans and their rational physical reality. Do half-elves see it as a hemisphere? Which pole doesn’t exist? Science isn’t ready for these questions.

Dwarves: Cube. A dwarf can appear to be walking in a flat plane struggling uphill, only to abruptly switch to tumbling down. Dwarven cities tend to be built near the center of each “face” for everyone’s convenience. The exception is at the poles, where they go to avoid goblins (more on that later). Outsiders tend to avoid these polar strongholds, as the meticulously-level floors appear to any non-dwarf as a triangular pit. Nonetheless the stonework is magnificent.

Goblins: Ringworld. Goblin scouting missions will often involve two parties: one goes to the location, the other east or west in the opposite diection, where they can see the target by gazing slightly upward at the so-called “World Arch”. Standing in the middle of nowhere gazing up at the sky has not helped the goblin reputation. Often these two parties will engage in basic communication by shining polished metal shields at each other. Others attribute mysterious “goblights” shining down from the sky as spirits or divine warnings. Goblins have no concept of “the poles” as a physical place, and one fleeing an Orcish horde into the arctic may find their pursuers have stopped dead in a straight line, having perceived their prey to have just tumbled off the edge of the world.

Hobbits: Torus. So all the world’s a bagel. At equatorial and temperate zones hobbit and human perceptions are very similar. However, like goblins, hobbits have no indigenous concept of the polar regions, and cannot reach the poles unless lead by another race. Instead, a hobbit or hobbit-led caravan can travel instantaneously from the region around one pole to the other, without ever ceasing to travel either north or south. Passengers of other races experience only a period of inexplicable darkness, and refer to this as “the Hobpath.”

#lord of the rings #lotr #lotr on prime #lotr rings of power #rings of power #middle earth #tolkien #elves #elf #dwarves #dwarf #hobbits #goblin #goblins #orc #I’ll figure out ents and eagles later get off my ass #I could not for the life of me figure out how to add a read more on mobile