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Deimos Mar 13 2004 From Spirit 3
Deimos, a Greek word for ''dread'', may refer to: * Deimos (deity), one of the sons of Ares and Aphrodite in Greek mythology * Deimos (moon), the smaller and outermost of Mars' two natural satellites * Elecnor Deimos, a Spanish aerospace company * Deimos-1, an artificial Earth observation satellite * Deimos-2, an artificial Earth observation satellite * Deimos (launch platform), a floating launch platform currently in refit by SpaceX * Deimos (comics), villain for the Warlord comic series * DEIMOS, an early message passing OS for the Cray-1, replaced by the Cray Time Sharing System * Deimos (Doctor Who audio), an audio drama * Deimos, the brother of Kratos in the ''God of War'' series * USS ''Deimos'' (AK-78), a ship in the US Navy in World War II * Deimos, the identity of an antagonistic character from the 2018 video game ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey ''Assassin's Creed Odyssey'' is a 2018 action role-playing video game developed by Ubisoft Quebec and published by Ubisoft. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimos (deity)
Deimos ( grc, Δεῖμος, , meaning “dread”) is the personal god of dread and Horror and terror, terror in Greek mythology. He was a son of Ares and Aphrodite, and the brother of Phobos (mythology), Phobos. Deimos served to represent the feelings of dread and terror that befell those before a battle, while Phobos personified feelings of fear and panic in the midst of battle. The god’s Interpretatio graeca, Roman equivalent was Formido or Metus. Mythology Deimos was the son of Ares and Aphrodite. He mainly appears in an assistant role to his father who causes disorder in armies. In the ''Iliad'', he accompanied his father, Ares, into battle along with the Goddess of Discord Eris (mythology), Eris and his brother Phobos (deity), Phobos (fear). In ''Shield of Heracles, Shield of Herakles'', Phobos and Deimos accompany Ares into battle and remove him from the field once he is injured by Heracles, Herakles. In Nonnus' ''Dionysiaca'', Zeus arms Phobos with lightning an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimos (moon)
Deimos ( systematic designation: Mars II) is the smaller and outermost of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Of similar composition to C and D-type asteroids, Deimos has a mean radius of and takes 30.3 hours to orbit Mars. Deimos is from Mars, much farther than Mars's other moon, Phobos. It is named after Deimos, the Ancient Greek god and personification of dread and terror. Discovery and etymology Deimos was discovered by Asaph Hall III at the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C. on 12 August 1877, at about 07:48 UTC. Hall, who also discovered Phobos shortly afterwards, had been specifically searching for Martian moons at the time. The moon is named after Deimos, a figure representing dread in Greek mythology. The name was suggested by academic Henry Madan, who drew from Book XV of the ''Iliad'', where Ares (the Roman god Mars) summons Dread (Deimos) and Fear ( Phobos). Origin The origin of Mars's moons is unknown ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elecnor Deimos
Elecnor Deimos is Elecnor's technological arm. The group specialises in the design, engineering and development of solutions and systems integration in the aerospace, defense, satellite systems, remote sensing, information systems and telecommunications network sectors. Areas of activity Elecnor Deimos operates in the following markets: * Space * Aeronautics * Maritime * Transport * Industry and utilities * Telecom and media International presence Elecnor Deimos is present in the following countries: * Spain :* Tres Cantos (Madrid): Deimos Space Headquarters :* Puertollano (Ciudad Real): Deimos Castilla la Mancha Headquarters :* Boecillo (Valladolid) * Portugal :* Lisbon: Deimos Engenharia Headquarters * United Kingdom :* Harwell: Deimos Space UK Headquarters * Romania :* Bucarest: Deimos Space Romania Headquarters References {{Reflist External links Official Elecnor Deimos website Technology companies of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deimos-1
Deimos-1 is a Spanish Earth imaging satellite which is operated by Deimos Imaging who commercializes its imagery directly but also has distribution agreements with other entities like Astrium GEO and DMC International Imaging. History It was constructed by Surrey Satellite Technology for Elecnor Deimos, representing the first Spanish Earth observation satellite and the first private one in Europe. It is based on the SSTL-100 satellite bus. Deimos-1 was launched into a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. The launch was conducted by ISC Kosmotras, who used a Dnepr carrier rocket, with DubaiSat-1 as the primary payload. Deimos-1, along with the UK-DMC 2, Nanosat 1B, AprizeSat-3 and AprizeSat-4 satellites, were launched as secondary payloads. The rocket was launched at 18:46 GMT on 29 July 2009, from Site 109/95 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The satellite was purchased froElecnor Deimosby Urthecast in 2015, together with Deimos-2 and Deimos Imaging, the division ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
