Showing posts with label space. Show all posts
Showing posts with label space. Show all posts

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Mercury

The innermost planet in the Solar System is a dense, heavily cratered world that takes about 59 Earth days to fully rotate on its own axis as it travels on its 88-day journey around the Sun.
It is possible to see Mercury from the Earth without a telescope or binoculars though its closeness to the Sun's bright light can make it difficult to spot.
Photographed and studied at close range by the Mariner 10 and Messenger probes, Mercury is blasted by solar radiation and is not thought to be a likely place for life to flourish.
Find out more about the other planets in the Solar System

Intelsat

In 1965, Intelsat established the first commercial global satellite communications system. For the first time, people, businesses and governments could communicate instantly, reliably and simultaneously from all corners of the globe. NASA put a man on the moon--and the world watched it happen via Intelsat.
With major milestones such as our 2001 privatization and 2006 acquisition of PanAmSat, Intelsat and our culture of leadership and technical excellence has established satellite communications as an essential element of the global telecommunications infrastructure.
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (INTELSAT), it was—from 1964 to 2001—an intergovernmental consortium owning and managing a constellation of communications satellites providing international broadcast services.

Sunday, October 2, 2011

केपलर-19बी और केपलर-19सी

केपलर-19बी और केपलर-19सी नाम के इन दोनों ग्रहों की खोज नासा के केपलर स्पेस टेलिस्कोप ने की है। इस टेलिस्कोप को 2009 में एलियन वर्ल्ड की खोज करने के इरादे से लॉन्च किया गया है। पहले, केपलर को 19बी का उस समय पता लगा, जब वह अपने होस्ट स्टार के सामने से गुजरा। इसके बाद 19सी के होने का पता चला, जिसकी ग्रैविटी 19बी पर असर डाल रही थी। केपलर टेलिस्कोप अपने शुरुआती चार महीने में ही 1235 एलियन प्लैनेट का पता लगा चुका है।