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  • Syncom (for "synchronous communication satellite") started as a 1961 NASA program for active geosynchronous communication satellites, all of which were...
    23 KB (2,307 words) - 09:27, 7 May 2024
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    Birkhoff is a giant lunar walled plain that is located on the far side of the Moon, in the northern hemisphere. This formation is an ancient impact site...
    6 KB (464 words) - 01:46, 26 January 2024
  • Ex-meridian is a celestial navigation method of calculating an observer's position on Earth. The method gives the observer a position line on which the...
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    Weber is a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon, and it cannot be viewed directly from the Earth's surface. This crater is attached to the northwest...
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