Index
415
G
Galactic coordinate system, 19
Galileo Navigation Satellite System Time,
291
Galileo system, 240, 241
Gas detector, 64
Gas proportional counter, 64
Gemini Program, 156
General relativity, 55, 79, 292, 305, 322
General relativity principle, 305
Generational gap, 402
Geocentric Coordinate Time, 321
Geocentric theory, 92, 104
Geometric orbit determination, 275
George C. Weiffenbach, 223
George Edward Pendray, 130
George S. Downs, 277
Glitch, 32
Global Positioning System (GPS), 231, 263
GLONASS ground segment, 257
GLONASS system, 234–237
GLONASS Time, 291
Gold-anodized aluminum plate, 179, 277
GPS Block IIR, 233, 266
GPS control network, 256
GPS time, 291
Grand Tour Program, 185
Gravitational boundary, 171
Gravitational potential, 297
Gravitational slingshot effect, 90
Gravity as geometry, 307
Grazing incidence, 72
Green Bank Observatory, 53
Greenwich Mean Time, 288
Grote Reber, 42
Ground-based anchor, 269
Ground control networks, 254
Ground deep-space networks, 259
Ground navigation networks, 259
Ground state, 179
Guidance, 200
Gunpowder, 93
Gunpowder arson fire-arrows, 93
Gyroscope, 211
H
Hadamard variance, 337
Hamiltonian operator, 297
Hard X-rays, 63
Heading angle, 205
Heliocentric theory, 92, 104
Heliopause, 173
Heliosheath, 173
Heliosphere, 172
Hermann Julius Oberth, 120–122
He Zheng, 101
High energy radiation, 25
Hipparchus, 92
Hour circle, 286
Hulse-Taylor Binary, 55
Hybrid stars, 28
Hydrogen line, 179
Hydrogen wall, 173
Hyperbolic navigation system, 218
Hyperfine high energy state, 179
Hyperfine low energy state, 179
Hyperfine structures, 179
I
Inertial attitude, 243
Inertial navigation system, 211–216
Initial epoch, 284
Inner crust layer, 27
Instantaneous terrestrial system, 293
Integer ambiguity, 354
International atomic time, 290
Interplanetary scintillation, 5
Interplanetary scintillation array, 6
Inter-satellite crosslink, 267
Interstellar medium, 35, 172
Interstellar space, 171, 193
Interstellar travel, 88, 111
Isaac Newton, 42, 81, 104, 208, 211, 297
ISS program, 161
Ivan A. Getting, 229
J
James Chadwick, 2
Jet fire-arrows, 93
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center of China,
161
Jocelyn Bell, 1, 7, 9, 277
Johannes Kepler, 104
Johannes Winkler, 127, 128
John Campbell, 208
John Kennedy, 156, 162
Joseph H. Taylor, 54
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, 214
Joseph Stalin, 145
Jules Gabriel Verne, 106
Jupiter, 176, 274
415
G
Galactic coordinate system, 19
Galileo Navigation Satellite System Time,
291
Galileo system, 240, 241
Gas detector, 64
Gas proportional counter, 64
Gemini Program, 156
General relativity, 55, 79, 292, 305, 322
General relativity principle, 305
Generational gap, 402
Geocentric Coordinate Time, 321
Geocentric theory, 92, 104
Geometric orbit determination, 275
George C. Weiffenbach, 223
George Edward Pendray, 130
George S. Downs, 277
Glitch, 32
Global Positioning System (GPS), 231, 263
GLONASS ground segment, 257
GLONASS system, 234–237
GLONASS Time, 291
Gold-anodized aluminum plate, 179, 277
GPS Block IIR, 233, 266
GPS control network, 256
GPS time, 291
Grand Tour Program, 185
Gravitational boundary, 171
Gravitational potential, 297
Gravitational slingshot effect, 90
Gravity as geometry, 307
Grazing incidence, 72
Green Bank Observatory, 53
Greenwich Mean Time, 288
Grote Reber, 42
Ground-based anchor, 269
Ground control networks, 254
Ground deep-space networks, 259
Ground navigation networks, 259
Ground state, 179
Guidance, 200
Gunpowder, 93
Gunpowder arson fire-arrows, 93
Gyroscope, 211
H
Hadamard variance, 337
Hamiltonian operator, 297
Hard X-rays, 63
Heading angle, 205
Heliocentric theory, 92, 104
Heliopause, 173
Heliosheath, 173
Heliosphere, 172
Hermann Julius Oberth, 120–122
He Zheng, 101
High energy radiation, 25
Hipparchus, 92
Hour circle, 286
Hulse-Taylor Binary, 55
Hybrid stars, 28
Hydrogen line, 179
Hydrogen wall, 173
Hyperbolic navigation system, 218
Hyperfine high energy state, 179
Hyperfine low energy state, 179
Hyperfine structures, 179
I
Inertial attitude, 243
Inertial navigation system, 211–216
Initial epoch, 284
Inner crust layer, 27
Instantaneous terrestrial system, 293
Integer ambiguity, 354
International atomic time, 290
Interplanetary scintillation, 5
Interplanetary scintillation array, 6
Inter-satellite crosslink, 267
Interstellar medium, 35, 172
Interstellar space, 171, 193
Interstellar travel, 88, 111
Isaac Newton, 42, 81, 104, 208, 211, 297
ISS program, 161
Ivan A. Getting, 229
J
James Chadwick, 2
Jet fire-arrows, 93
Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center of China,
161
Jocelyn Bell, 1, 7, 9, 277
Johannes Kepler, 104
Johannes Winkler, 127, 128
John Campbell, 208
John Kennedy, 156, 162
Joseph H. Taylor, 54
Joseph-Louis Lagrange, 214
Joseph Stalin, 145
Jules Gabriel Verne, 106
Jupiter, 176, 274