SPACE SATELLITE Flashcards
(23 cards)
ANY OBJECT THAT REVOLVES AROUND A LARGER OBJECT IN SPACE
SATELLITE
BOTH ARE NATURAL SATELLITE
MOON AND EARTH
NATURAL SATELLITE OF EARTH
MOON
NATURAL SATELLITE OF SUN
EARTH
HUMANMADE SATELLITES/ORBITING OR STATIONARY
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE
FLY LOW NEAR EARTH
EQUILATORAL AND POLAR SATELLITES
ORBIT AT ALTITUDES -
320 and 1500 KM
PASSING ABOVE THE NORTH AND SOUTH POLE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY
POLAR ORBIT SATELLITE
ORBIT AT ALTITUDES AROUND 36 000 KM
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE
TRAVEL SAME SPEED AS EARTH’S ROTATION
GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE
RECEIVE COMMUNICATION SIGNALS
COMMUNICATION SATELLITE
COMMUNICATION SATELLITE:
TV, RADIO, TELEPHONE SIGNALS
ATMOSPHERIC AND OCEAN TEMPERATURES
WEATHER SATELLITE
TAKE PICS OF WEATHER PATTERNS ALL AROUND RHE WORLD/ WEATHER PREDICTION
WEATHER SATELLITE
SIGNALS TO SHIPS AND PLANES
NAVIGATION SATELLITE
PILOTS AND SAILORS CAN DETERMINE THEIR EXACT LOCATION
NAVIGATION SATELLITE
SEARCH N RESCUE OPERATIONS
NAVIGATION SATELLITE
SARSATS
SEARCH AND RESCUE SATELLITE AIDED TRACKING SYSTEM
RESCUE PPL FROM SHIPWRECKS AND PLANE CRASHES
SARSAT
STUDY EARTH MY MAPPING ITS ATMOSPHERE, OCEANS, BIOLOGICAL CYCLES, NATURAL RESOURCES
SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
RECORD VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS N FOREST FIRES
SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
DETECT MINERAL DEPOSITS N SEARCH FOR SIGNS KF OIL AND GAS DEPOSITS/ UNDISCOVERED NATURAL RESOURCES
SCIENTIFIC SATELLITES
3 NAVIGATION SATELLITE:
GIONASS, GALILEO, BEIDOU