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What is satellite and how it is useful?
Observing Earth Over 70% of the Earth’s surface is covered in water. Satellites are used to collect lots of information on the seas and oceans. Satellites also measure the amount of pollution in the air. The information from satellites is used to learn more about our planet and the environment.
How do satellites help us communicate?
Satellites communicate by using radio waves to send signals to the antennas on the Earth. The antennas then capture those signals and process the information coming from those signals. Information can include: the health of the satellite, and.
What were satellites first used for?
The idea of using satellites for communication predates both Explorer and Sputnik. In 1945, Arthur C. Clarke first suggested that satellites in geosynchronous orbit could be used for communication purposes. The belt that circles the Equator more than 22,000 miles in space is often called Clarke orbit, in his honor.
What are the 4 uses of satellites and space stations?
Satellites are used for imaging, communications, navigation, and human habitation. Space stations are continuously inhabited by humans. The humans reach the space station by space shuttle.
How are satellites used in everyday life?
Satellite data can be used in many ways: it allows us to analyse weather from space, see changes in climate patterns and estimate sea and ice levels. But monitoring the earth from space can play a very important role also when it comes to everyday life.
What are the uses of satellites in science?
Satellites are used for many things such as communication, oceanography, astronomy, the surveillance, They help many scientists get a perceptive view of all kinds of objects anywhere in the world.
How are satellites used to send TV signals?
Satellites send television signals directly to homes, but they also are the backbone of cable and network TV. These satellites send signals from a central station that generates programming to smaller stations that send the signals locally via cables or the airwaves.
What do you mean by man made satellite?
But usually when someone says “satellite,” they are talking about a “man-made” satellite. Man-made satellites are machines made by people. These machines are launched into space and orbit Earth or another body in space. There are thousands of man-made satellites. Some take pictures of our planet.
Why do satellites have a clear view of space?
Satellites also have a clear view of space. That’s because they fly above Earth’s clouds and air. Before satellites, TV signals didn’t go very far. TV signals only travel in straight lines. So they would go off into space instead of following Earth’s curve.