The STARSHINE ( Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite Heuristic International Networking Experiment ) series of three (later, a fourth one was also launched) artificial satellites were student participatory missions sponsored by the United States Naval Research Laboratory (the fourth STARSHINE was a NASA mission).
6-533: Starshine may refer to: STARSHINE , acronym for Student Tracked Atmospheric Research Satellite Heuristic International Networking Experiment, a series of three artificial satellites Starshine (comics) , name of two fictional American comic book characters appearing in Marvel Universe Starshine Records , a late 1960s, now defunct independent record label The almost imperceptible glow created by
12-443: A night sky full of bright stars on a clear, moonless night. Usually only seen far from any urban areas. It is also called Starlight . "Starshine", a song by Gorillaz from their album Gorillaz "Starshine" (Stevie Nicks song) , 2014 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Starshine . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
18-602: The Space Shuttle Endeavour on STS-108 . It re-entered and burned up in the Earth's upper atmosphere on Abril 26, 2002. STARSHINE 3 has the same systems as role as STARSHINE-2. It was launched on September 29, 2001 as part of the Kodiak Star Athena I mission. In November 2001, the amateur radio payload on Starshine 3 was designated STARSHINE-OSCAR-43 , or SO-43 . STARSHINE-3 re-entered and burned up in
24-438: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Starshine&oldid=843501469 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages STARSHINE The STARSHINE launches were considered launches of opportunity. STARSHINE 1
30-462: The satellite. STARSHINE 1 re-entered and burned up in the Earth's upper atmosphere on February 18, 2000. STARSHINE 2 and 3 had systems added to impart spin to these satellites in an effort to improve the solar-reflected flash rate, as well as a number of laser retroreflectors to introduce the students to satellite laser ranging . The satellites were constructed largely from spare flight hardware. STARSHINE 2 launched December 5, 2001 from
36-632: Was a spherical satellite that was fitted with almost nine hundred small mirrors polished by students from around the world. It was launched June 5, 1999 from the Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-96 . Once launched, a network of over 20,000 students from eighteen countries tracked the satellite by observing sunlight glinting off the mirrors and networked their observations via the Internet. The students used these observations to calculate air drag, solar activity, and other orbit related properties of
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