Targeting mission-critical space environments, the 3U CompactPCI radiation-tolerant S950 single-slot, single-board computer suits low-earth orbit, Mars-terrestrial, and geocentric-orbit applications.

With the geocentric model, the earth is at the center of the universe, and the planets rotate around the earth. But from the outset, this model was flawed. Astronomers observed that the planets do not ...

A geosynchronous orbit is a geocentric orbit that has the same orbital period as the sidereal rotation period of the Earth. It has a semi-major axis of 42,164 km (26,200 miles). In the special case of ...

Does anyone remember that scene from Futurama where the Planet Express ship blasts off into orbit, pushing a huge torrent of junked satellites out of its way? You'd be shocked at how close to reality ...

Last week, a tiny object was spotted by a telescope in Maui, Hawaii. It appeared to be about three-feet across and circling Earth in a geocentric orbit. Data about the object was sent to the ...