What is an artificial satellite ? Name some artificial satellite .
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The artificial satellites are the man - made satellites. They are made by human biengs for the puropse of Communication , to know about earth and the other planets in the universe .
Ex :- ANIK that is a communication satellite
and GOES that is a weather satellite.
An artificial satellite is human-made object that has been placed into the orbit around the earth or some other planets to perform specific functions. The first artificial satellite, called Sputnik-l, was launched by the Soviet Union (USSR) on October 4, 1957. Since then, many number of artificial satellites have been launched. Most of these satellites revolve around the Earth. The first Indian artificial satellite named Aryabhata was launched on 19 April, 1975. Some other Indian satellites are: INSAT (Indian National Satellite) Series, IRS (Indian Remote Sensing) Satellite series, Kalpana-I, EDUSATE, etc.
Uses of Artificial Satellites
Some important uses of the satellites are given hereunder.
Forecasting weather.
Telecommunication, cellular phones and long-distance telephones, fax, etc. are a few of the services provided by satellite communication.
Remote sensing for locating mineral resources, underground water and for land mapping.
For collecting information about other planets and about the outer space.
Navigation for providing geographical location of objects on the surface of the earth.