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Nadir - Point on Earth directly beneath a satellite, the opposite of zenith.
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established in 1958 through the National Aeronautics and Space Act as an outgrowth of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.
Noise - Any unwanted and unmodulated energy that is always present to some extent within any signal.