Satellites
Contains essays that examine significant people, events, discoveries, collaborations, and experiments related to the development and use of satellites, and includes an extensive chronology, photographs and illustrations, and a glossary
1 online resource (xv, 320 pages) : illustrations
9781438108957, 1438108958
234236765
From Sputnik 1 to Aura
How a satellite works
Satellites come in all sizes and shapes
Military satellites
Weather satellites
Communications satellites
Navigation satellites
Satellites as scientific observatories
Fundamentals of remote sensing
Earth-observing spacecraft
Earth system science and global change
Conclusion
Chronology
Glossary
Further reading
Index