Artificial satellite
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- A satellite or artificial satellite[a] is an object intentionally placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning, signals intelligence and, potentially, weapon delivery. Other satellites include the final rocket stages that place satellites in orbit and formerly useful satellites that later become defunct.
Except for passive satellites, most satellites have an electricity generation system for equipment on board, such as solar panels or radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs). Most satellites also have a method of communication to ground stations, called transponders. Many satellites use a standardized bus to save cost and work, the most popular of which is a small CubeSats. Similar satellites can work together as groups, forming constellations. Because of the high launch cost to space, satellites are designed to be as lightweight and robust as possible. Most communication satellites are radio relay stations in orbit and carry dozens of transponders, each with a bandwidth of tens of megahertz.
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Weltempfänger Grundig Satellit 210 Transistor 6001
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Image: Volkskunde- und Freilichtmuseum Roscheider Hof - CC0 -
книга: Штернфельд А.Искусственные спутники Земли, 1956
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Image: Астрономічний музей Київського національного університету імені Тараса Шевченка - CC BY-NC-SA -
Orbit- Observer WA 10
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Image: museum comp:ex - CC BY-NC-SA
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