Satellites

• How Stuff Works: Satellites - Simple 10-part tutorial description helps you understand how satellites work, what they contain and how they get into orbit.Basic level.

• Intelsat - Satellite communications with Intelsat, a leading satellite service provider of voice, data, and Internet solutions.

• List of Satellites in Geostationary Orbit - Provides details of the satellites in orbit around the equator, their names, longitude and launch dates.

• Lloyd's Satellite Constellations - Information on Iridium, Teledesic, Globalstar, Orbcomm, ICO Global, Ellipso, Skybridge and other systems, as well as general information on satellites.

• Maneuvering in Space - Provides a detailed account of basic satellite maneuvers including maneuvers within the orbital plane, those that change the orbital plane, de-orbiting and station keeping. [PDF]

• Matthias Lehmann - Provides satellite information, software and calculations, mainly for television, audio, video, intercom transmissions, link budget calculation and SNG. Written for SNG and radio technicians (amateurs).

• MDA Federal Inc - Uses GIS and satellite remotely sensed data for worldwide weather and agricultural forecasts, flood prediction, petroleum, hydrologic and mineral resource exploration and environmental monitoring.

• My Involvement with Laser Power Beaming - Article by Geoffrey A. Landis discussing the use of ground-based lasers to provide power for satellites.

• NASA: Artificial Satellites - Information from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration on satellites, their types, construction, launching, missions and history.

• SAREPTA: Satellites in Orbit - Educational site describing satellites, how they are launched into orbit and what they are used for.

• The Satellite Place - Information on satellite TV and radio.

• Satellites in Orbit - Brief explanation of how to keep geostationary satellites in orbit.

• SaVi satellite constellation visualization - Software to view the movement of multiple satellites in two and three dimensions. View Iridium, Teledesic and Globalstar on your desktop.

• Simplesat - An attempt to design, construct, and fly an inexpensive 3- axis stabilized spacecraft with optical science gathering capability.

• Small Satellites Home Page - Historical archive and resource for small satellite missions. The page is maintained by researchers in the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey, UK.

• Space Systems for Astronomical Observation - Student project at the University of Michigan (Fall 99), comparing various systems for the advancement of astronomical observation, in order to determine the most beneficial path for future advancement.

• SpaceDev Small Satellites - Details of several small and micro satellite missions.

• Student Nitric Oxide Explorer - SNOE is a small scientific satellite that is measuring the effects of energy from the sun and from the magnetosphere on the density of nitric oxide in the Earth's upper atmosphere.

• Surrey Satellite Technology Limited - News and information about this commercial wing of the Surrey Space Centre at the University of Surrey. Includes details of the company, its satellites, services and missions.

• Tech Museum: The Satellite Site - Includes general information, orbit listings, background, and Java-based satellite construction simulator.

• Unmanned Space Experiment Recovery System - Project overview and data on a Japanese spacecraft with a re-entry module for materials experiments.

• WorldSat International Inc. - A producer of satellite maps and posters, atlas of the world, earth globes, interactive cd-roms, and stock photography.

• X-Ray Astronomy Satellite Suzaku (ASTRO-EII) - Provides project overview and data on this Japanese satellite launched on July 10, 2005.

• YouTube: Satellites in Orbit - Video explaining how satellites remain in geostationary orbits.