HOW SATELLITE BENEFITS SOCIETY
HOW SATELLITE BENEFITS SOCIETY Satellites are used almost everyday by everyone. Even though you can't see it, there will probably be one traveling above you today. Satellites are used for many things such as communication, oceanography, astronomy, surveillance, and a variety of other things as well . They help many scientists get a perceptive view at all kinds of objects anywhere in the world.
Communications
Communication satellites work non-stop 24 hours a day to keep the entire world linked together. Until recently NASA had been the only one's launching satellites, but now many private companies are benefiting from what a satellite can do. Once a satellite becomes geosynchronous, rotates with the earth orbit, a satellite is ready to work. It then beams messages to a ground station, the ground station receives these messages by using a device called a transponder. Which interrupts the message and then distributes it. By doing this satellite stations can than transport telephone service, data, or television transmissions to almost anywhere. These communication satellites are used for things like an overseas phone call or beaming 150 channels into your living room.
New advancements look to focus on packing more information into frequencies, because virtually all frequency transmitters are being used. And this would allow more and more companies to transport all types of data.
Oceanography
Another use for satellites is in the field of oceanography. In 1798, the first three oceanography satellites went out ( Tirus, Nimbus 7, Seasat) and although they didn't do much they led the way to huge discoveries (Robinson 34). Now marine scientists and marine biologist are able to detect almost everything that goes on in the ocean. They use satellites to detect the oceans affect on environment, analyze wave patterns, monitor marine surface life, analyze ocean tendencies and currents, and get a complete synoptic view of the ocean. These things
Communications
Communication satellites work non-stop 24 hours a day to keep the entire world linked together. Until recently NASA had been the only one's launching satellites, but now many private companies are benefiting from what a satellite can do. Once a satellite becomes geosynchronous, rotates with the earth orbit, a satellite is ready to work. It then beams messages to a ground station, the ground station receives these messages by using a device called a transponder. Which interrupts the message and then distributes it. By doing this satellite stations can than transport telephone service, data, or television transmissions to almost anywhere. These communication satellites are used for things like an overseas phone call or beaming 150 channels into your living room.
New advancements look to focus on packing more information into frequencies, because virtually all frequency transmitters are being used. And this would allow more and more companies to transport all types of data.
Oceanography
Another use for satellites is in the field of oceanography. In 1798, the first three oceanography satellites went out ( Tirus, Nimbus 7, Seasat) and although they didn't do much they led the way to huge discoveries (Robinson 34). Now marine scientists and marine biologist are able to detect almost everything that goes on in the ocean. They use satellites to detect the oceans affect on environment, analyze wave patterns, monitor marine surface life, analyze ocean tendencies and currents, and get a complete synoptic view of the ocean. These things