Satellite
Satellite For other uses, see Satellite (disambiguation). A satellite is any object that orbits another object ... part of the solar system, including the Earth, are satellites either of the Sun, or ... simple matter to decide which is the 'satellite' in a pair of bodies. Because ...
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Earth (Gknowledge wiki)
Earth From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Earth, also known as the Earth or Terra, is the planet on which ... and shortly thereafter acquired its single natural satellite , the Moon . Its symbol consists of a ... article: Geology [edit] Structure The interior of Earth, like that of the other terrestrial ...
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Communications satellite
Communications satellite For the Commission on Science and Technology ... see COMSATS U.S. military MILSTAR communications satellite A communications satellite (sometimes abbreviated to comsat) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purposes of ... satellites use geosynchronous orbits, Molniya orbits or low Earth orbits. For fixed services, communications ...
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Weather satellite
Weather satellite A weather satellite is a type of artificial satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the Earth. These meteorological satellites, however, see more than ... environmental information collected from weather satellites. Weather satellite images helped in monitoring the volcanic ...
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Meteorological satellite   (translated from German)
Meteorological satellite Meteorological satellite is in Earth integrated satellite, which serves the observation of meteorological procedures on earth. In particular in areas, in those ...
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Iridium (satellite)
Iridium (satellite) The Iridium satellite constellation is a system of 66 active communication satellites and spares around the Earth. The system was originally to have 77 ... a dampening effect on other proposed commercial satellite constellation projects, including Teledesic. Other schemes (Orbcomm ... in 2001 by the newly founded Iridium Satellite LLC, owned by a group of ...
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Satellite phone
Satellite phone A satellite telephone, satellite phone, or satphone is a mobile phone that communicates directly with orbiting communications satellites. Depending on the architecture of ... particular system, coverage may include the entire Earth, or only specific regions. Satellite phone ( ...
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Earth/rewrite
Earth/rewrite Earth The Blue Marble, taken from Apollo 17 ... 24 kg Density 5,515 kg/m� Earth, also known as the Earth, Terra, and (mostly in the 19th century ... billion years ago) acquired its single natural satellite, the Moon. Its astronomical symbol consists ...
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Satellite constellation
Satellite constellation A group of electronic satellites working in concert is known as a satellite constellation. Such a constellation can be considered ... rather than interfere with other satellites' coverage. Low Earth orbiting satellites (LEOs) are often deployed in ...
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Tether satellite
Tether satellite A tether satellite is a satellite connected to another by a thin cable ... were brought up during the 1970s were: Orbiting antennas Shuttle-borne tethered satellites Electrodynamic-powered ... a single short-term goal for tether satellite researchers--to achieve 100km deployment with ...
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