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an artist's rendering of a space station in the middle of the earth, as seen from above

Download free image of Satellite in space astronomy vehicle transportation. by nattha about star, cloud, space, airplane, and sky 13180129

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an artist's rendering of a space station floating in the sky above earth,

Sputnik 1 ("Satellite-1"), was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. This surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War.

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an artist's rendering of the space station in orbit, with earth in the background

The new Starlink satellites launched by SpaceX are equipped with visors designed to decrease their reflectivity. However, some astronomers still believe that these satellites would disrupt

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an artist's rendering of the space station in orbit, with earth in the background

It's a lot more than just driving directions. Managed by the US Space Force, GPS factors into a huge amount of the high-tech world we live in.

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Once humans managed to put artificial satellites into orbit, the next question was, “what can we do with this?”

One of the first applications of satellites, and still one of the biggest uses still today, has been for communications. 

Using satellites for communications requires cutting-edge technologies in space flight, solar power, radio engineering, and computers. 

Learn more about satellite communications, its history, and how it works, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

Once humans managed to put artificial satellites into orbit, the next question was, “what can we do with this?” One of the first applications of satellites, and still one of the biggest uses still today, has been for communications. Using satellites for communications requires cutting-edge technologies in space flight, solar power, radio engineering, and computers. Learn more about satellite communications, its history, and how it works, on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.

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an artist's rendering of the space shuttle

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an artist's rendering of satellites flying around the earth in space, with lights shining on them

SpaceX's Starlink project aims to provide global internet coverage from space. Using a constellation of satellites in low Earth orbit, Starlink seeks to bring high-speed internet to remote and underserved areas of the world. #TechLanes #Technology #TechFacts

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