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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Industry: Aerospace
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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
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Kilogram.
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An area in the sky where an antenna cannot track a spacecraft because the required angular rates would be too high. Mechanical limitations may also contribute to keyhole size. Discussed in depth under Chapter 2.
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A range of microwave radio frequencies in the neighborhood of 12 to 40 ghz.
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The SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature.
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A multiplier, x103 from the Greek "khilioi" (thousand). See the entry for CGPM.
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The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the lead US center for robotic exploration of the solar system, and conducts major programs in space-based Earth sciences and astronomy
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Jupiter-like planets, the gas giants Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
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Originally known as the Interim Upper Stage, is a two-stage solid-fueled booster rocket developed by the U.S. Air Force for the launching of large payloads from either a Titan III (later Titan IV) rocket or from the payload bay of the Space Shuttle.
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Having uniform properties in all directions.
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A chronological record of events taking place during a spaceflight. For example, the 2001 Integrated Sequence of Events for Voyager.
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