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  Jan 13 2006, 09:41 PM
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Just curious to know which spacecraft took the very first full Earth globe view ?
Maybe one of the ATS satellites ? ( Application Technology Satellite ) 
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Jan 22 2006, 08:44 AM
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May 30, 1966 by a Soviet Weather satellite ?
Which satellite was that exactly ? 
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Jan 22 2006, 02:14 PM
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QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 22 2006, 09:44 AM) May 30, 1966 by a Soviet Weather satellite ? Which satellite was that exactly ?  Not so much a weather satellite as a telecoms chappie in the USSR's unique Molniya orbit - these had a very high apogee over the northern hemisphere, and a low southern perigee. The idea was that the USSR, being a northern entity, got more bang for the, er, Rouble, that way. Molniya satellites could also carry cameras, which again gave good views of the bits of the world that interested the people who built the things. In common with most Soviet-era satellites the generic 'Cosmos' title was used for practically anything which reached orbit, while the name 'Molniya' itself was normally reserved specifically for the comsats. You did, however, get Cosmos vehicles in Molniya orbits, some of which were broken Molniyas which they didn't care to admit had failed. I previously posted the DODGE images here, and Bruce found the Russian one - I'll try to find the darn things and post a working link! Bob Shaw -------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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Jan 23 2006, 04:01 PM
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AES ''MOLNIYA-1'' TRANSMITS THE EARTH'S IMAGE
http://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntr..._1966084822.pdf -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jan 23 2006, 10:33 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2488 Joined: 17-April 05 From: Glasgow, Scotland, UK Member No.: 239 |
Here are the National Geographic images:
Bob Shaw
Attached thumbnail(s)
-------------------- Remember: Time Flies like the wind - but Fruit Flies like bananas!
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PhilCo126 First Full Earth Globe Photograph ? Jan 13 2006, 09:41 PM
Bob Shaw QUOTE (PhilCo126 @ Jan 13 2006, 10:41 PM)Just... Jan 13 2006, 10:25 PM PhilCo126 Bob,
I can't see the topic with that number ..... Jan 14 2006, 01:44 PM
DDAVIS Here are some early 'landmark' Earth photo... Jan 15 2006, 01:23 AM David QUOTE (DDAVIS @ Jan 15 2006, 01:23 AM)Here ar... Jan 15 2006, 04:26 AM Bob Shaw Some details of DODGE (launched 1 July 1967):
htt... Jan 15 2006, 10:04 PM Bob Shaw Boeing has some interesting tidbits, too:
http://... Jan 15 2006, 10:10 PM hendric QUOTE (David @ Jan 14 2006, 10:26 PM)Note the... Jan 16 2006, 06:04 AM ljk4-1 Good ol' Exploring Space with a Camera has a w... Jan 16 2006, 03:40 PM Toma B QUOTE (David @ Jan 15 2006, 07:26 AM)Note the... Jan 16 2006, 05:21 PM BruceMoomaw One of the 1966 issues of National Geographic had ... Jan 21 2006, 11:31 PM Bob Shaw And as Larry posted:
Bob Shaw Jan 23 2006, 10:38 PM BruceMoomaw You know, that DODGE photo is a bit better than I ... Jan 24 2006, 09:29 AM edstrick My somewhat vague understanding is that the ATS 3 ... Jan 24 2006, 10:26 AM ljk4-1 In this online NASA book:
Dreams, Hopes, and Real... Jun 7 2006, 04:30 PM DonPMitchell QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jun 7 2006, 09:30 AM... Jun 8 2006, 09:27 AM Bob Shaw QUOTE (ljk4-1 @ Jun 7 2006, 05:30 PM... Jun 8 2006, 04:37 PM |
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