SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFTS

By: Mónica Alonso, Silvia Casado and Irene Escolano

INDEX• Satellites Sputnik 1 Sputnik 2 Types of artificial satellites• Spacecrafts Types of spacecrafts• Satellites and Spacecrafts • Differences between Satellites and Spacecrafts

SATELLITES

SPUTNIK 1• First satellite launched on space.• It ushered in political, military, technological and

scientific developments.• It led to the creation of the NASA.

SPUTNIK 2 • Second satellite launched into Earth orbit.• Launched by the Soviet Union.• It carried a dog named Laika: a female port-

Somoyed terrier that wighed 6 kg.

TYPES OF ARTIFICIAL SATELLITESNavigation satellitesCommunication satellites

Weather satellite orbits

Astronomical satellitesInternational Space Station (ISS)

SPACECRAFTS

TYPES OF SPACECRAFTSFlyby spacecraft Orbiter spacecraft

Atmospheric spacecraft Lander spacecraft

Penetratur spacecraft Rover spacecraft

Observation spacecraft Communication and navigation spacecraft

SATELLITES AND SPACECRAFTS• Chandra X-Ray observatory.

• Hubble Space Telescope.

• Pioneer 10.

• Voyagers.

X-ray picture taken with Chandra.

•Chandra X-ray observatory

•Hubble space telescope Orion nebula

Galaxy

•Pioneer 10

•Voyagers Jupiter (Voyager 2)

Neptune (Voyager 1)

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SPACECRAFTS AND SATELLITES

• There are no technical differences betwen them. • The only ‘difference’ is that a spacecraft can be a satélite, only

when it is in an orbit around any object.

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