Questions tagged [scientific-data]
Questions about data gathered for a scientific end, e.g. soil sampling data returned by Curiosity
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How do I request to use a satellite?
I've been asked for my job to do research on satellites with multi-channel sensors for chlorophyll a detection. We want to use one for a project like this one, preferably free-to-use. I have found ...
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What scientific constraints will the Nova C IM-1 mission have?
The IM-1 mission flipped over during its landing attempt. Luckily there still is a decent connection with the spacecraft. From what I have seen, some things that they planned such as using an eagleCAM ...
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Is there any data for space debris that I can use to develop an AI model to predict the orbital decay time?
I need to develop a model to predict the orbital decay time for my graduation project but I searched for data that can help in that project and I failed to obtain such data. Can any one suggest a ...
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Interpretation of mars rover images
I’ve been obsessed with the perseverance images, specially the images from the SHERLOC-WATSON system- the UV camera tricked out with racing stripes and fuzzy dice hanging from its rear-view mirror (...
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Finding or calculating orbital velocities of celestial bodies at periapsis/apoapsis?
I'm writing a solar system simulation that uses n-body physics. To plug in the celestial bodies in our solar system, I'm copying orbital values from wikipedia. For one example, the wikipedia page for ...
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What would be the advantages and disadvantages of a LEO Earth observation satellite, carrying both Electro optical and SAR payload be?
An Indian startup, is trying to build a multi- payload satellite having both optical and SAR sensor on the same satellite. The look angles of the these payload are quite different and it is very ...
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Equivalents to DISCOS from other agencies
I'm working on a research paper where the primary data source is going to be the DISCOSweb API. This API/Dataset provides a wealth of information on manmade object in orbit (debris, payloads, spent ...
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Where to find detailed information about space mission like Voyager or Galileo
Is there any place aside from NASA-JPL web page, where there is only some general information about the missions, where one can find more in-depth detailed values? For instance, I am looking for the ...
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Is there any dataset that are monitoring the grounding electronic charges provided by the satellites?
I would like to know if there are some datasets that are monitoring the grounding electronic charges provided by the satellites
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What kind of experiments would a scientist do on Mars?
If we have people on Mars around 20, 25 years from now, what kind of scientific study would they be doing on a daily basis? I know places we'd want to study, places where ancient water flows might ...
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What observatories provide data similar to USNO? [closed]
USNO(the United States Naval Observatory) generates positions for the celestial bodies(planets, moons,stars) and provide in a form of .bsp files and their ...
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Upper atmospheric studies in 1930/1940
I understand that during 1930/1940s, Baloons were used to gather high altitude data like "pressure" or "temp." I wonder how the instruments "recorded" their data? E.g. ...
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What are the data storage capabilities onboard the James Webb Telescope?
If something were to happen that would cause the James Webb Telescope to be unable to downlink its data to earth, how long could it continue collecting observations before it would run out of storage ...
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What is the slope of the sides of Aristarchus crater on the Moon?
The question If you fell into a crater on the moon in your spacesuit and no jetpack, is there a way to use low gravity to get out of the hole? mentions Aristarchus crater as an example. It's a pretty ...
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Did Apollo 13 produce any scientific results?
Despite an explosion and other setbacks, Apollo 13 landed safely back on Earth on April 17, 1970. Even though the astronauts did not make it to the lunar surface, were any scientific results reported?...
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