This presentation is an assignment of IT class. In this presentation we are discussing uses of computer in space.

1. Uses of computer in SPACE

2.  A computer is a general purpose device that
can be programmed to carry out a set
of arithmetic or logical operations
automatically. Since a sequence of operations
can be readily changed, the computer can solve
more than one kind of problem.

3. All over the world, 80
percent of the people use a
computer ...
Usage of computer
Using
Not using

4. We will discuss in detail the uses of computer in space

5. • Weather forecasting
• Global Positioning System (GPS)
• Communications satellite
• Space aviation
• Space exploration
• Space Photography
• Computers in Spaceflight
• Astronomy

6. The use of computer models became widespread mainly throughout the 1960s, as the first weather satellites were launched.
The types of computer models that are used in forecasts depend mostly on the type of climate and weather conditions.

7. A global positioning system (GPS) contains 24 Department of Defense GPS satellites that are used for location and navigation purposes.
With the help of Personal computers (Laptops and mobile phones) you can navigate yourself throughout the world.

8. • A communications satellite is an artificial satellite sent to space
for the purpose of telecommunications and we receive
messages through highly advanced computers.
• After the 1990s, satellite communication technology has been
used as a means to connect to the Internet via broadband data
connections.

10. • Computers have been used for years in aviation. They started off helping
navigation calculations and were analogue (cams, wheels and cogs etc.) and
heavy. Now they control most aircraft systems.
• The biggest difference computers have made is to reduce the workload and
where you used to have two pilots, a flight engineer and navigator, you now
only need a crew of two (and it could be argued only one in some
instances).
• Computers and computer logic are behind advances such as Ground
Proximity Warning Systems, TCAS, Flight Envelope Protection, etc... all of
which contribute to enhancing the safety of commercial flight.

12. • Space exploration is the ongoing discovery and
exploration of celestial structures in outer space by
means of continuously evolving and growing space
technology.
• The modern digital computer has been fundamental to
the space exploration program.
• the evolution and growth of computer technology is
suggestively parallel to the growth in space technology.

15. • Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for
recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the
night sky.
• This is accomplished by using computer controlled altazimuth
telescope mounts to keep celestial objects centered while the
earth rotates.
• Images can be brightened and manipulated in a computer to
adjust color and increase the contrast.
• Urban astrophotography's use special light-pollution or narrow-
band filters and advanced computer processing techniques to
remove ambient urban light from the background of their
images

16. Editing panel of computer for space photography

17. • The first manned spaceflight program to use computers
continuously in all mission phases was Apollo. Here mission
controllers watch computer-driven displays while astronauts
explore the lunar surface after a computer-controlled descent.

19. • Astronomy is the branch of science which deals with celestial
objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
• The Computer Support Representative (CSR) for the
Astronomy Department is Mark Erickson. He is responsible for
overseeing computer support for the department.
• Computers are very important to Astronomers. In so many
ways, this tool has worked its way into just about every aspect
from data storage and data analysis to automatically running a
specific list of commands from across the world.

22. • Internet Research
• Image Processing and Analysis
• Telescope Control
• Star Chart - Planetarium Software
• Remote Access