You wouldn't want to live without satellites!
A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik-1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Nearly 4,000 are still in orbit, and a...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Brighton] ; New York :
Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc.,
2019.
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| Series: | You wouldn't want to--
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| Summary: | A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik-1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Nearly 4,000 are still in orbit, and about 1,000 of them are still working. Learn about how we use satellites every day without knowing it to talk on the telephone, watch television, use the internet, predict the weather, navigate the landscape, and run businesses. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | 32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780531193648 0531193640 9780531128169 0531128164 9781549072673 1549072676 |
| Author Notes: | Ian Graham is a highly experienced author having written over 180 illustrated non-fiction books and contributed to many articles for magazines. After completing a BSc. in applied physics he took a postgraduate diploma in Journalism at City University, London. He began work as an editor before setting up a freelance business writing and editing, this included editing the magazine Space Voyager . Ian now lives in Norfolk in the U.K. |
