Posted on November 14, 2013
Geosynchronous satellites have the advantage of remaining permanently in the same area of the sky, as viewed from a particular location on Earth. Geostationary satellites have the special property of remaining permanently fixed in the exact same posi...
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Posted on April 17, 2014
In total Ranger 9 transmitted 5,814 good contrast photographs during the final 19 minutes of flight. The last image taken before impact had a resolution of 0.3 meters per pixel. The spacecraft encountered the lunar surface after 64.5 hours of flight....
Sea of Tranquillity on the Moon from 11 km, 5 seconds before impact
Rilles on the Floor of Alphonus Crater
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First picture of the Moon taken by Ranger 8
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