You wouldn't want to live without satellites! / written by Ian Graham ; illustrated by Mark Bergin.

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  • Author(s): Graham, Ian, 1953-, author
  • Language:
    English
  • Publication Information:
    Brighton ; New York : Franklin Watts, an Imprint of Scholastic Inc., 2019.
  • Publication Date:
    2019
  • Physical Description:
    32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm.
  • Series:
    You wouldn't want to live without
    You wouldn't want to--
  • Publication Type:
    Book
  • Document Type:
    Non-fiction
  • Subject Terms:
    Artificial satellites -- Juvenile literature
  • Availability: 10 Holdings
  • Additional Information
    • Abstract:
      Summary: A satellite is a small object traveling around something bigger. The Moon is a natural satellite of Earth. A spacecraft launched into orbit around Earth is an artificial satellite. Since Sputnik-1, about 6,000 more satellites have been launched by 40 countries. Nearly 4,000 are still in orbit, and about 1,000 of them are still working. Learn about how we use satellites every day without knowing it to talk on the telephone, watch television, use the internet, predict the weather, navigate the landscape, and run businesses.
    • Content Notes:
      The first satellites -- Watching Earth -- Will it rain? -- Communications satellites -- Where am I? -- Astronauts in orbit -- What's on TV? -- Keeping track -- The business of space -- Space telescopes -- Circling other planets -- Space junk.
    • Notes:
      Includes index.
      1 5 7 10 14 17 19 20 22
    • Other Titles:
      You would not want to live without satellites!
    • ISBN:
      9780531128169
      0531128164
      9780531193648
      0531193640
    • Accession Number:
      2018003411
    • Accession Number:
      1022076505
    • Accession Number:
      ccp.1050432