1. Satellites AA satellite is something that orbits something else. EExamples: Moons around planets, The Hubble Space telescope

2. Sputnik – launched by Russia Launched in 1957 Set off a “Space Race” between USA and Russia.

3. Explorer I- First U.S. Satellite

4. Synchom II – Communication Satellite

5. Satellite Orbits Cimss.ssec.wisc.edu

6. Geostationary Orbiting Satellites  Moves at the same speed the earth rotates, so it is constantly over the same location.  Located over the Equator  Examples of Geostationary satellites: Communication, Environmental

7. Geostationary Satellite www.makingthemodernworld.org

8. Longitudinal Satellite  Travel in a circular orbit from pole to pole.  As it orbits, the earth rotates allowing it to pass all parts of the planet.  Examples: Surveillance (Spy)

9. Longitudinal Satellite Cimss.ssec.wisc.edu

10. Longitudinal (Polar) Geostationary

11. Weather Satellites

12. GOES-9 Fulldisk Global Images

13. Atlas Carries Advanced GOES-M Weather Satellite into Earth Orbit

15. NOAA's TIROS-N Weather Satellite

16. Endangered Land Animals Tracked by Satellite

17. Spy Satellites

18. Shipyard in the USSR The KH-7 satellite was used in May, 1967 to check in on Soviet equipment at the Severodinsk Shipyard in the former U.S.S.R. (USGS Images from Spy SatellitesSpy Satellites

19. Eiffel Tower The Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, as seen in March 1966 by the high-resolution satellite KH-7. The resolution of KH-7, which orbited from 1963 to 1967, matched that of several current technologies. (USGS/NIMA)

20. Egypt The mapping satellite KH-9 captured this overhead shot of the Aswan Upper Dam in Egypt in August, 1976. KH-9 provided key cartographic information for large scale maps for the Department of Defense.

22. St. Louis, MO The spy satellites even kept an eye on U.S. cities, including St Louis, MO, as seen here in March, 1964.

23. Space Systems/Loral Signs with Sea Launch for Telstar-8

24. AQUA - the Earth Observing System Satellite

25. A companion to the Aqua spacecraft, Terra is about land, measuring light, heat, atmosphere, lands, oceans and life. Terra continuously maps Earth's surface to help scientists fathom the causes of environmental changes.

26. Terra - the Earth Observing System Satellites