Leta 1957 je Sputnik postal prvi umetni satelit, ki je uspešno dosegel vesolje. Od takrat so tisoči satelitov…
Danes se nam zdi samoumevno, da lahko v živo spremljamo televizijske prenose dogodkov, kot so…
Čeprav morajo astronavti preživeti dolga obdobja v vesolju, daleč od doma, niso sami. Ekipe…
Sonda Mars Express se je 3. marca 2010 srečala s Fobosom in ga brez težav preletela na razdalji le 67 km, kar je najmanjša razdalja…
Orbiter Mars Express agencije ESA pošilja izjemne posnetke in druge podatke, odkar je dosegel Rdeči…
Some Earth observation satellites follow a special type of polar orbit, called a Sun-synchronous orbit. As it travels…
Objects that travel around a planet are called satellites. Each complete journey a satellite makes around the planet…
In March 2002, the Hubble Space Telescope’s solar arrays were brought back to Earth. After eight years in…
There is no garage in space. Once a spacecraft has left planet Earth, everyone hopes that all of…
Once a satellite is launched, the success of its mission often depends on the ability to communicate with…
The European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) is linked to a worldwide network of ground stations. After a launch,…
Vesoljski odpadki so velik problem. Nekateri med njimi so zelo veliki, na primer izgorele stopnje raket, neuporabne…
Most spacecraft are placed in orbits around the Earth. But this is not always the optimal place for…
An orbit is the path of an object around a particular point in space, for example the path…
As you know, a car tends to slow down when it goes up a mountain and to accelerate…
