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SATELLITES An object orbiting around the sun,…
SATELLITES
An object orbiting around the sun, earth or any other colossal body
ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES
Object that people have made and launched into orbit using rockets
"COMMUNICATION SATELLITE"
These are used for television, phone or internet transmissions
FLTSATCOM
MILSTAR
"WEATHER SATELLITE"
These are used to image clouds and measure temperature and rainfall
TIROS
Japan's GMS
"ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITE"
These are used to monitor and image space
NTErnationa
Astron
"EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE"
These are used to photograph and image the Earth. Low Earth orbits are mainly used so that a more detailed image can be produced.
SMOS spacecraft
The Proba-1
NATURAL SATELLITES
An astronomical body that orbits a planet or small Solar System body
REGULAR MOONS
They have Prograde orbits i.e. they orbit in the direction of their Planets' rotation and lie close to the plane of their equators.
Earth's moon
INNER MOONS
They follow a Prograde, low inclination orbit inwards of the large Satellites of the parent Planet. They are considered to have been formed in situ at the same time as the coalescence of the original Planet.
JUPITER
Metis
Adrastea
URANUS
Bianca
Cressida
IRREGULAR MOONS
They can be Pro or Retrograde i.e. they orbit against the direction of their Planets' rotation and lie at extreme angles to their Planets' equators
SATURN
Hyperion
MARS
Phobos Deimos
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