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Background imageSatellite Collection: By Jove, Alien Entity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover

By Jove, Alien Entity, Amazing Stories Scifi Magazine Cover
By Jove! - denizens of Ganymede, satellite of Jupiter Date: 1937

Background imageSatellite Collection: The top of the British Telecom BT Tower, London

The top of the British Telecom BT Tower, London. Date: circa early 1980s

Background imageSatellite Collection: Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Background imageSatellite Collection: Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037

Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037
(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389

Background imageSatellite Collection: Aerial photography in World War One

Aerial photography in World War One
A illustrated explanation of the uses of and how aerial photography worked in World War One. Aerial photography was introduced as an additional means of observation

Background imageSatellite Collection: Satellite sphinx moth, Eumorphia satellitia

Satellite sphinx moth, Eumorphia satellitia (Double-pointed sphinx, Sphinx satellitia). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder

Background imageSatellite Collection: Satellite sphinx and spurge hawkmoth

Satellite sphinx and spurge hawkmoth
Satellite sphinx, Eumorpha satellitia, female 1, male 2, and spurge hawk-moth, Hyles euphorbiae 3. Handcoloured lithograph from John O

Background imageSatellite Collection: USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G

USAF - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G
United States Army Air Force - United States Air Force - Boeing B-17G, seen, presumably, at Shaw Field or a satellite field

Background imageSatellite Collection: Blue Streak satellite adaptor section lifted before assembly

Blue Streak satellite adaptor section lifted before assembly
Blue Streak satellite adaptor section being lifted before assembly, alongside the nose fairing, circa 1964. Date: circa 1964

Background imageSatellite Collection: The flight structure of the Prospero X3 technology sate?

The flight structure of the Prospero X3 technology sate?
The flight structure of the Prospero X3 technology satellite, prior to electronic installation, during vibration testing at the BAC Space Systems Group, Bristol

Background imageSatellite Collection: Black Arrow three-stage satellite launche

Black Arrow three-stage satellite launcher lifts off from Woomera on 4 March 1970. Date: 1970

Background imageSatellite Collection: Black Arrow three-stage satellite launcher at Woomera

Black Arrow three-stage satellite launcher at Woomera

Background imageSatellite Collection: Soldier in green uniform of the Cisalpine Republic

Soldier in green uniform of the Cisalpine Republic, French satellite state in northern Italy created by Napoleon Bonaparte the June 29, 1797 and a precursor of the Italian Republic

Background imageSatellite Collection: Contact with Ganymede

Contact with Ganymede
Space travellers from Earth try to explain where they come from to an inhabitant of Ganymede, a satellite of Jupiter Date: 1937

Background imageSatellite Collection: Defence against the deadly long-range missiles 1958

Defence against the deadly long-range missiles 1958
Illustration by George Horace Davis, showing some ideas for missile interception, based on radar, computers, satellite and missile rockets in the future, and the continuing need for manned aircraft

Background imageSatellite Collection: Satellite at Goonhilly Earth Station, Cornwall

Satellite at Goonhilly Earth Station, Cornwall
The worlds first parabolic satellite communications antenna, nicknamed Arthur, at Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station, Goonhilly Downs, near Helston, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

Background imageSatellite Collection: Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched?

Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched?
Ariel 4, an ionospheric research satellite, was launched on 11 December 1971 and burned up on 12 December 1978

Background imageSatellite Collection: Ariel 3 was the first satellite to be designed and const?

Ariel 3 was the first satellite to be designed and const?
Ariel 3 was the first satellite to be designed and constructed in the UK. It was launched on 5 May 1967 and burned up on 14 December 1970

Background imageSatellite Collection: Short S4 Satellite

Short S4 Satellite

Background imageSatellite Collection: Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas

Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas
Group photograph of Convair Atlas on display at Las Vegas with Douglas Thor, Boeing Bomarc, Northrop Snark and Discoverer satellite mock-up - the Atlas was an actual ICBM modified for exhibition use

Background imageSatellite Collection: The first Samos I spy satellite about to be launched

The first Samos I spy satellite about to be launched by an Atlas-Agena from the new Point Arguello, California, missile facility

Background imageSatellite Collection: CCMTA MTN Pad 18A a Vanguard satellite launch

CCMTA MTN Pad 18A a Vanguard satellite launch
CCMTA, MTN, Pad 18A, a Vanguard satellite launch. February 1959. Date: 1959

Background imageSatellite Collection: Moon of Arcturus

Moon of Arcturus
MOON OF ARCTURUS (Richard Tooker) The Terran rescue team practise for their mission to retrieve a girl marooned on a satellite of Arcturus Date: 1935

Background imageSatellite Collection: A City on Titan

A City on Titan
Here on Titan, largest of Saturns satellite moons, everything is on a massive scale - their cities make New York seem puny. People are intelligent and civilised

Background imageSatellite Collection: On the Dark Moon

On the Dark Moon
DARK MOON (Charles W Diffin) The scientists from Earth land on the satellite which has approached Earth and entered its orbit, and encounter some fearsome fauna

Background imageSatellite Collection: Giant Sundial

Giant Sundial
A giant sundial, looking almost like a modern day satellite dish, on the outside of a private cottage at Seaton Ross, Yorkshire

Background imageSatellite Collection: Sts-7 Shuttle Crew

Sts-7 Shuttle Crew
The STS-7 / Challenger crew who preformed the first satellite deployment: Robert Crippen (Commander), Frederick Hauck - John Fabian Sally Ride & Norman Thagard

Background imageSatellite Collection: Fortress of Utopia

Fortress of Utopia
THE FORTRESS OF UTOPIA: On a lifeless mystery satellite, five lone mortals summon the secret forces of science to free the earth from the doom of the black nebula!

Background imageSatellite Collection: Man-Made Satellite

Man-Made Satellite
Space Satellite Serving as a Staging Post for Interplanetary Travel

Background imageSatellite Collection: Kaffir Moon Worship

Kaffir Moon Worship
The full moon strikes awe in the minds of devout Kaffirs, who pay homage to Earths satellite with ritual dances and incantations


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