Bringing Images from Space to Earth
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- Original Source:Jet Propulsion Laboratory, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Conditions of Use:None Specified
Description
This tutorial explains how satellite images are taken, transmitted to Earth, and converted into viewable form. Descriptions of each phase of the process are included: capture and transmittal of the image by a satellite or spacecraft, receiving the signal at one of the Deep Space Network's antennas, and processing the data into an image at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Multimission Image Processing Laboratory.
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Topics and Grades
Grade: 6 to 12
Topics: Science, Earth & Space Science, Physics, Chemistry, Earth's Resources
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- Reference Materials
- Teacher Materials
- Interactives