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- Satellite abstract "In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as Earth's Moon.The world's first artificial satellite, the Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. Since then, thousands of satellites have been launched into orbit around the Earth. Some satellites, notably space stations, have been launched in parts and assembled in orbit. Artificial satellites originate from more than 40 countries and have used the satellite launching capabilities of ten nations. A few hundred satellites are currently operational, whereas thousands of unused satellites and satellite fragments orbit the Earth as space debris. A few space probes have been placed into orbit around other bodies and become artificial satellites to the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Vesta, Eros, Ceres, and the Sun.Satellites are used for a large number of purposes. Common types include military and civilian Earth observation satellites, communications satellites, navigation satellites,weather satellites, and research satellites. Space stations and human spacecraft in orbit are also satellites. Satellite orbits vary greatly, depending on the purpose of the satellite, and are classified in a number of ways. Well-known (overlapping) classes include low Earth orbit, polar orbit, and geostationary orbit.About 6,600 satellites have been launched. The latest estimates are that 3,600 remain in orbit. Of those, about 1,000 are operational; the rest have lived out their useful lives and are part of the space debris. Approximately 500 operational satellites are in low-Earth orbit, 50 are in medium-Earth orbit (at 20,000 km), the rest are in geostationary orbit (at 36,000 km).Satellites are propelled by rockets to their orbits. Usually the launch vehicle itself is a rocket lifting off from a launch pad on land. In a minority of cases satellites are launched at sea (from a submarine or a mobile maritime platform) or aboard a plane (see air launch to orbit).Satellites are usually semi-independent computer-controlled systems. Satellite subsystems attend many tasks, such as power generation, thermal control, telemetry, attitude control and orbit control.".
- Satellite thumbnail ConstellationGPS.gif?width=300.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink en.satellite.tracks.free.fr.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.electric-sailing.fi.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.heavens-above.com.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.kiwisat.org.nz.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.mobilsat.com.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.n2yo.com.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.p-l-a.net.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.prmt.com.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink www.satflare.com.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink thema_first.html.
- Satellite wikiPageExternalLink 12.
- Satellite wikiPageID "27683".
- Satellite wikiPageLength "86199".
- Satellite wikiPageOutDegree "511".
- Satellite wikiPageRevisionID "683583930".
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink 2002_AA29.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink 2009_satellite_collision.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink 3753_Cruithne.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink 433_Eros.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink 4_Vesta.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink ABS-3.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink A_Treatise_of_the_System_of_the_World.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Aaepa.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Aalto-1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Aalto_University.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Afghansat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Agila_2.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Air_launch_to_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink AlSAT-1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Alouette_1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Alsat_1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink American_Rocket_Society.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Analemma.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink AngoSat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Antelsat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Aphelion.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Apogee.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Apsis.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Arabsat-1A.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Areocentric_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Areostationary_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Areosynchronous_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Argentina.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Ariel_1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink ArmSat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Armcosmos.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Arthur_C._Clarke.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Artificial_satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Aryabhata_(satellite).
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink AsiaSat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink AsiaSat_1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Asteroid.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Astra_1A.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Astronomical_Netherlands_Satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Astronomical_satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Astronomical_unit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Astérix_(satellite).
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Atmosphere_of_Earth.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Attitude_control.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Azerspace.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Africasat-1a.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Azur_(satellite).
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Badr-1.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Ballistic_missile.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink BelKA.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink BelKA-2.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Biosatellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Black_Arrow.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Brasilsat.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Brazil.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Bulgaria_1300.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Bureau_of_Aeronautics.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Canada.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Cartography.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Category:Articles_containing_video_clips.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Category:Meteorological_data_and_networks.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Category:Remote_sensing.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Category:Satellites.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Category:Unmanned_spacecraft.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Celestial_equator.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Ceres_(dwarf_planet).
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Change_2.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink China.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink China_Academy_of_Space_Technology.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink China_Aerospace_Science_and_Technology_Corporation.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Circle.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Circular_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Clarke_orbit.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Climate.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Co-orbital_configuration.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Co-orbital_satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Cold_War.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Comet.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Communication_satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Communications_satellite.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Comparison_of_orbital_launch_systems.
- Satellite wikiPageWikiLink Comparison_of_satellite_buses.