Mouton, Melba Roy
1929-1990 · Contribution: 1959-1973
Mathematician and computer programmer
NASA computer programming and trajectory analysis; coded programs to compute spacecraft locations and trajectories and produced orbital element timetables for the Echo 1 and 2 satellites
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- Born
- 1929, Fairfax, Virginia
- Active since
- 1959
- Category
- Technology & Engineering
- Best known for
- Head mathematician for NASA's Echo satellites
Impact on the world
Mouton's programs tracked early satellites and produced the orbital timetables that let people find them in the sky, contributing to the dawn of satellite communications.
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