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Augustus Jackson (April 16, 1808 – January 11, 1852), [1] was an African American businessperson, chef, ice cream maker, and confectioner from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [2] He is credited as inventing a modern method of manufacturing ice cream and for new flavor development. [3] He is nicknamed “the Father of Ice Cream”, despite not ...
List of USA satellites. This is a list of satellites and spacecraft which have been given USA designations by the United States Air Force. These designations have been applied to most United States military satellites since 1984, and replaced the earlier OPS designation. As of June 2022, USA designations have been assigned to 331 space satellites.
The National Reconnaissance Office ( NRO) is a member of the United States Intelligence Community and an agency of the United States Department of Defense which designs, builds, launches, and operates the reconnaissance satellites of the U.S. federal government. It provides satellite intelligence to several government agencies, particularly ...
This timeline of artificial satellites and space probes includes uncrewed spacecraft including technology demonstrators, observatories, lunar probes, and interplanetary probes. First satellites from each country are included. Not included are most Earth science satellites, commercial satellites or crewed missions .
Ghana. GhanaSat-1. All Nations University. Launched on same rocket as first Bangladeshi and Mongolian satellites. Mongolia. Mazaalai (satellite) National University of Mongolia. Launched on same rocket as first Ghanaian and Bangladeshi satellites. Latvia.
May 22, 2024 at 6:59 PM. By Joey Roulette. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - SpaceX on Wednesday launched an inaugural batch of operational spy satellites it built as part of a new U.S. intelligence network ...
The loss of signal occurred at a time when the Flight Control Team expected brief communication outages as the orbiter stopped communication via the west tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS). Personnel in Mission Control were unaware of the in-flight break-up, and continued to try to reestablish contact with the orbiter.
The court in 2022 rejected a separate challenge to SpaceX's plan to deploy satellites at a lower Earth orbit than planned. In late 2022, the FCC approved SpaceX's request to deploy up to 7,500 ...