Late in October, or early in November, a German astronomy satellite is set to plunge uncontrolled back to Earth.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
The X-ray astronomy satellite ROSAT has been rendered useless after it pointed at the Sun, damaging its last working detector, the high-resolution imager.
From the newscientist.com
The launch of the IRAS satellite in 1983 revolutionized infrared astronomy from space.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Satellite-based astronomy has, during the past decade, overthrown our most cherished ideas of cosmology, especially those relating to the size, dynamics and composition of the Universe.
From the scienceblogs.com
Like geodesy and satellite photography research, the advent of radio astronomy had a military purpose hidden beneath official astrophysical research agenda.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Japan's first infrared astronomy mission was the 15 cm IRTS telescope which was part of the SFU multipurpose satellite in 1995.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Early work in radio astronomy led to a better understanding of the ionosphere and helped with early radio and satellite communication.
From the guardian.co.uk
Routine satellite communication no longer requires such large dishes, but their size makes them ideal for radio astronomy.
From the newscientist.com
For instance, the technique of triangulation is used in astronomy to measure the distance to nearby stars, in geography to measure distances between landmarks, and in satellite navigation systems.