Satellites: Orbits and Missions Michel Capderou, S. Lyle
Publisher: Springer

With little to no propellant left, gravity will slowly bring the satellite back to Earth. The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the SES-6 satellite on board. 11 as the Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM). Estonia's first satellite, the ESTCube‑1 technology demonstrator, was also released into orbit. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA's mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. The imaging satellite, which will be known as Landsat 8 once it reaches orbit, continues the mission of Landsat 7, which has been transmitting images since 1999, and Landsat 5, launched in 1984 but on its last legs. This useful resource deals with satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be used in communications, positioning, remote-sensing, meteorology, and astronomy. This book treats the subject of satellite orbits, showing how the wide range of available orbits can be put to use to satisfy the needs of fields as varied as communications, positioning, remote-sensing, meteorology, and astronomy. European Vega Orbits Multiple Satellites on Second Mission. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M Upper Stage and the SES-6 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. NASA's fleet of Earth-observing satellites constantly circle the globe, completing their orbits every 90 minutes. Current internationally-agreed rules on orbital equipment state that any satellite in LEO must fall back into the atmosphere “within 25 years of completing its mission”. They give us A full list can be found at www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/earthmonth/earth-from-orbit-201 Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA image use policy.