1 Synchronous orbit: An orbit where the satellite has an orbital period equal to the average rotational period (earth's is: 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.091 seconds) of the body being orbited and in the same direction of rotation as that body.he first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957, and initiating the Soviet Sputnik program, with Sergei Korolev as chief designer (there is a crater on the lunar far side which bears his name).
Will Smith drove a 2003 Buick Blackhawk concept car in the 2003 movie, Bad Boys II.. The car that Will Smith is driving after the mortuary scene is a 2003 Buick Blackhawk concept car.
Marshall Teague #6 left NASCAR after the 1952 season in a dispute with NASCAR's owner Bill France, Sr.; he was killed in a 140-mile-per-hour (225 km/h) rollover collision at Daytona on February 11, 1959. Doc Hudson does not appear in Cars 2 as his voice actor Paul Newman died from lung cancer in September 2008. Pixar decided having Doc appear in Cars 2 would be not a good idea. A conversation between McQueen and Mater indicates that Doc died before the second film.