A satellite can be defined as a body that orbits the earth or other planet which has been sent from the Earth into space theses are of vital importance to life on earth.
- The 20th century is also known as space age. With the advancement in science and technology artificial satellites has marked a new era in the history of global telecommunication.
- The Geo-stationary satellites are positioned at a height of about 36,000 km in the sky.
- Radio and Television networking over entire India are done through satellite technology. So, it is popularly called as ‘space age communication technique’.
- he world’ first artificial satellite, the sputnik. I was launched by the ***** union in 1957.
- Very recently India has launched a satellite IRS P-2 into the orbit successfully from the country’* space port at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.
- Satellite construction and launching is canied out as a part of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). The ISRO centre is located at Bangalore, the satellite launching centres are located near Hassan in Karnataka.
- National Remote Sensing Agency (NRSA) Hyderabad is responsible for reception, processing of data from remote sensing satellites.
