Satellites, Ground Stations, and Aerospace
2020, Sep 23
Ground Stations as a Service
AWS
Spacenews: AWS Space focused BU established
Microsoft Orbital
Spacenews: Microsoft Orbtial connecting Satellites to Cloud
Planets
NASA interactive Solar System Explorer
Earth
Diameter ~ 8,000 miles
Moon
Terms
Perihelion - Nearest Aphelion - Farthest Astronomical Unit (AU) - Distance from Earth to Sun
List of Orbits centered from Earth
| Object | Average(mi) |
|---|---|
| CubeSat | 62-150 |
| ISS | 254 |
| Starlink | 340 |
| Moon | 238,855 |
| Mars | 39,950,000 |
| Sun | 93,000,000 |
| Jupiter | 446,760,000 |
| Saturn | 890,380,000 |