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  2. AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel - Wikipedia

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    The AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel is an X-band electronically steered pulse-Doppler 3D radar system used to alert and cue Short Range Air Defense (SHORAD) weapons to the locations of hostile targets approaching their front line forces. It is currently produced by Raytheon Missiles & Defense . First built in 1995 as a modification of AN/TPQ-36 A for search ...

  3. Executioner - Wikipedia

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    Scope and job. The executioner was usually presented with a warrant authorising or ordering him to execute the sentence. The warrant protects the executioner from the charge of murder. Common terms for executioners derived from forms of capital punishment—though they often also performed other physical punishments—include hangman ( hanging ...

  4. Dolan (bioship) - Wikipedia

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    To be fully operative, a Dolan needed not only its Oscillation Sentinel but also seven "executors"—individuals from other races who were acquired, enslaved and mentally integrated with the Dolan during missions—to serve on distinct stations: (1) piloting and navigation, (2) flight technology, (3) engineering, (4) communication and scanning ...

  5. Sentinel Offender Services - Wikipedia

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    1993. Headquarters. Anaheim, California. Website. www .sentineladvantage .com. Sentinel Offender Services is a criminal justice services and original equipment manufacturing company based in Anaheim, California. The company was founded in 1993 by Robert Contestabile, who is currently the chairman. Tom Flies is chief executive officer.

  6. Humphrey's Executor v. United States - Wikipedia

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    II; Federal Trade Commission Act. Humphrey's Executor v. United States, 295 U.S. 602 (1935), was a Supreme Court of the United States case decided regarding whether the United States President has the power to remove executive officials of a quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial administrative body for reasons other than what is allowed by Congress.

  7. Sentinel-2 - Wikipedia

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    Sentinel-2. Sentinel-2 is an Earth observation mission from the Copernicus Programme that acquires optical imagery at high spatial resolution (10 m to 60 m) over land and coastal waters. The mission's Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-2B satellites are to be joined in orbit in 2024 by a third, Sentinel-2C.

  8. Howard Carter - Wikipedia

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    Early life. Howard Carter was born in Kensington on 9 May 1874, the youngest child (of eleven) of artist and illustrator Samuel John Carter and Martha Joyce Carter (née Sands).

  9. Sentinel-5 Precursor - Wikipedia

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    Sentinel-5 Precursor ( Sentinel-5P) is an Earth observation satellite developed by ESA as part of the Copernicus Programme to close the gap in continuity of observations between Envisat and Sentinel-5. [4] It was launched in October 2017, and has a design life of 7 years. The TROPOspheric Monitoring Instrument (Tropomi) provides the most ...