sna Arguedas
6/4/15
Geography 1
Prof. MariaHazy
Orbital Rummage
Nothing is more relaxing then looking at the night sky, gazing at the stairs, and find familiar constellations. However flying at 8 kilometers per second is over 100 million particles of debris. The average bullet only travels at 3,000 kilometers per second. Making bolts, screws, and even paint chips at this hyper speed a devastating threat. And the vast amount of junk floating in our orbit only continues to grow.
On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first ever satellite, Sputnik into space. A satellite the size of a beach ball weighing at 183.9 pounds, that satellite was the birth of the Space Age. Months following the United States of America launched a satellite , Explorer 1. This gave us the first ever aerial photographs of our little blue planet. More than 2,500 satellites were orbiting earth at the end of the 20th century. Providing never before seen angles of Earth, scientific data, communications, radio signals, weather prediction, television broadcast, and global positioning systems.
The Earth has many different orbits, they are categorized by their altitude. The Low Earth Orbit or LEO is from 160kh to 2000km earth. Satellites in this orbit are mainly used by the government for surveillance and communications. The international space station is also in category. Following is the Medium Earth Orbit or MEO which is 2000km to 36,000 km with mostly GPS and navigation satellites. Third
On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union shocked the people of the United States by successfully launching the first Earth orbiting satellite, Sputnik. America's first satellite
On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first ever satellite, Sputnik. The launch of Sputnik sent the United States into a frenzy, beginning the Space Race, and the innovation of technology as a whole. The Space Race most importantly had a major impact on the evolution of the United States’s defense technologies through the launch of Sputnik. The Space Race sparked the United States battle for technological superiority against the USSR, and lead to improvizations in their satellite and satellite defense technologies.
On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, a small satellite, successfully into orbit, and the Space Race truly
Russia launched Sputnik, a satellite to orbit the earth, into outer space on October 4th, 1957. With tensions already running high in the Cold War, Americans panicked at the thought of the Russians building space and nuclear energy, fearing it could be used on them. The conflict now called the Space Race resulted in Americans creating NASA and pushing the sciences in school.
The first major way the space race reflected the situations was politically. The Soviet Union was extremely proud of the Sputnik 1 satellite. Sputnik was a simple satellite that became the first human made object to orbit the Earth on October 4, 1957 (Document E). In
After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, a new conflict began. Known as the Cold War, this battle involved the two world’s greatest powers the democratic and capitalist United States against the communist Soviet Union. Beginning later in the 1950s, space would eventually become another very dramatic arena for competition between the U.S and U.S.S.R, each side looked to prove the superiority of their own technology, along with its military firepower and of course their political-economic systems. Sputnik, name of the first of several artificial satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1961. Successfully launched and entered Earth 's orbit. Thus, beginning the space age. The successful launch shocked the
The first unmanned satellite called “Sputnik 1” launched and sent to the space by Soviet Union in 1957.
Space junk is a very important because it can cause harm, not only to NASA, but to Earth and everyone on Earth. Scientists are trying their best to find a way to stop it from doing this, but with people that are as smart as them in one room trying to make a decision is not easy.
Without the proper mitigation techniques, space travel could have more space-junk-related mishaps as time goes on. Luckily, the agencies responsible for most of the world’s spacecraft are already working to prevent any exponential growth of space junk, and until then, procedures are in place to prevent any catastrophic accident from occurring. As the years progress, space junk will evolve from a connotation of fear with the misinformed and annoyance with those knowledgeable, to a relic of the past, dealt with as regularly as
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1. Sputnik 1 blasted off from Site 1 in Tyuratam (Baikonur) at 22:28 Moscow Time. This happened on October 4, 1957. The main stage R-7 rocket when made into orbit orbited 822 times. That part re-entered the Earth's atmosphere on December 2, 1957. The satellite made 1,440 total orbits and then burned upon the re-entry into the Earth atmosphere on January 4, 1958. It was in space for 92 days and in flight there were only slight engine
The space debris implies all man-made objects in space and their fragments, which are already defective and will never be able to serve any useful purposes. They include old artificial satellites, the upper stages of space launch vehicles, the fragments of exploded rockets, and so on. All these objects form dense layers around the Earth. In October 1979, the Johnson Space Center in the United States created the first specialized unit for research on space debris category at the initiative of NASA (Nelson 2014). Then, the international community has recognized the growing danger of space debris and the urgent need for measures to prevent its formation. Finally, it created the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee (Nelson 2014). It is the most influential organization, which covers the full range of issues associated with space
In 1957, the first artificial earth satellite Sputnik 1 was launch into space [1]. Humans entered the space age. With the development of the space industry, more and more orbital debris is produced. It is becoming a potential hazard now. Increasing amount of space debris attracts each country’s attention. Space experts are trying to find the way to reduce and eliminate the amount of orbital debris. This paper first illustrates what space debris is, the size and the amount of space debris. As the growth of space debris, space becomes more dangerous. Next, this paper focuses on why space debris is a problem, what are the hazards for spacecraft and human beings. Last, this paper illustrates the potential solutions to reduce and eliminate the debris.
Due to the large number of space exploration projects, a large belt of debris has formed that can be hazardous to other operational spacecraft. As engineers, we have an ethical responsibility to prevent pollution of Earth’s atmosphere. We have learned a hard lesson on the value of environment from right here on Earth. Trends show that the debris belt circling the Earth will only get bigger, and become more hazardous to spacecraft.
It is a wonder to marvel about how much debris man has created over the span of approximately 50 years. Sadly, this is nothing new on our planet. However, little is known, or at least in regards to public awareness, about the celestial landfill that man has created since the early days of the Space Race involving the Russian launching of Sputnik. Ever since then, the repercussions of the US versus Russia mechanized frenzy have snowballed into an estimated 6,600 satellites being launched, in addition to 1,000 that are still active now.
Space exploration refers to the exploration and discovery of outer space’s celestial structures by means of the ever-growing space technology, which is continuously evolving. Space physical exploration is conducted by using unmanned robotic probes. Human spaceflight is also used for space exploration. The history of space exploration dates back to the 20th century when the world’ most powerful states such as Russia and the United states scrambled for superiority. Space exploration therefore became a sense of pride and extreme manpower leading to development of space vehicles, which attempted to reach space. The space exploration programs were conducted by government space agencies mainly of the United States and Soviet Union due to the sensitivity and huge finances involved. With time, private organizations began to purchase and offer space launches, laying ground for private space flight. Satellite radio, communications satellites, astronaut transport, satellite television and sub-orbital space tourism comprise the Earth orbit’s private space lift.