Everything about satellites, types and their capabilities

Author: Ani Rachman, S.Pd Teacher SDN No.111/IX, Muhajirin, Muaro Jambi, Jambi

National World News Satellites are celestial bodies that orbit planets and other objects. Satellites are celestial bodies that can monitor areas beyond Earth.

Satellites in space must remain in orbit around the Earth. This place is also called a classroom.

Satellites in space are very diverse, including natural satellites and artificial satellites. Here is the explanation:

Also read: Difference between planets, stars and moons

natural satellite

canvas mesh The moon is the natural satellite of the solar system.

Natural satellites are non-artificial space bodies orbiting planets or other large objects.

An example of a natural satellite we can see is the moon. However, in addition to the moon, there are many planets in the solar system that have many natural satellites. Here are the satellite names on Earth:

• Deimos and Phobos are two moons of Mars
• Jupiter has 79 moons, including Ganymede, Callisto, Europa and Metis.
• Saturn has 82 moons, the most famous being Titan and Enceladus.
• Uranus has 27 moons, five of which are Titania, Oberon, Umbriel, Ariel and Miranda.
• Neptune has 14 moons, the most famous being Triton, Nereid, Naiad, Thalassa and Galatea.

natural satellite work

The functions of natural satellites are:

• The center of the satellite’s orbit attracts smaller objects around it to avoid collisions.
• Controls the speed of rotation of the planet due to the influence of gravity
• Balancing ocean water circulation that can cause tides
• Reduce the effects of UV rays, thereby preventing global warming.
• light up the night

Also read: Natural satellites in the solar system

satellite

Sputniks are human-made satellites whose purpose is to facilitate all human activities.

Some examples and functions of artificial satellites include earth observation satellites, ocean observation satellites, communication satellites, weather satellites, military satellites, and space exploration satellites.

Here is the explanation:

Earth observation satellite

wikipedia.com/NASA Viking 1 was launched from a Titan IIIE rocket on August 20, 1975, and reached Mars on June 19, 1976. The first satellite spent its time in Mars orbit, and on July 20, 1976, Viking Lander 1 separated from the orbiter and landed on Chris. plain.

As the name suggests, an Earth observation satellite is a type of satellite designed to observe the Earth and locate the location of the Earth’s various hemispheres.

Many countries have launched Earth observation satellites, including:

• Explorer
• land satellite
• Vikings
• Ranger
• Vanguard
• sailor
• prose
• Mikhail Lomonosov
• Flat Satellite – Aurora
• gaofen

Also read: Why don’t Mercury and Venus have natural satellites?

ocean observation satellite

The satellite was launched to observe the location of the Earth’s oceans. As we all know, the ocean is the largest part of the earth.

Therefore, it is important to understand where the oceans are on Earth. There are many examples of ocean observation satellites that have been launched, including Seasat and Baskhara.

satellite

NASA.gov Nimbus satellite, communication satellite.

This satellite is the most abundant satellite on Earth. Due to communication needs, many countries have launched this satellite and more than one. s

For example, Indonesia has many artificial satellites, almost all of them are communication satellites. Some communication satellites, namely:

• echo 1 and 2
• Relay 1
• Relay 2
• synchronous communication
• cloud
• Express

meteorological satellite

wikipedia.com/NASA Satellite Meteor-3M

The satellite is used by meteorological, climatological and geophysical agencies to determine weather conditions in a place so that the information can be received by the public.

It is a satellite that can warn of natural phenomena. Some examples of weather satellites are as follows:

• shot -1
• Vanguard
• NOAA-19
• MetOp-A
• MetOp-B
• Electricity
• ITU
• meteor

Also read: The Moon’s Advantages as Earth’s Satellite

military satellite

NASA.gov A replica of Sputnik 1 is housed at the Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC.

The satellite was launched to help a country’s military fend off an enemy. Examples of military satellites include:

• corona
• Valley
• Orion
• magnum
• satellite

space exploration satellite

This satellite was built to understand the conditions and objects of outer space for research purposes. Some examples of space satellites are Sayut and Proton.

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