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Satellite

A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including communication relay, weather forecasting, navigation (GPS), broadcasting, scientific research, and Earth observation. Additional military uses are reconnaissance, early warning, signals…

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Satellite

Nodes270
Edges269
Triples148
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007407
Components1

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Satellite

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related to First satellites · 15
Satellite → Cold War, In, International Geophysical Year, July, October, On, Project Vanguard, Sergei Korolev, Soviet Union, Space Race, Sputnik, The, This, United States, White House
related to Weapon · 15
Satellite → China, Chinese, Earth, February, For, In, India, March, November, Nudol, On, Russia, Since, United States, US Navy
related to Earth observation · 14
Satellite → Anthropogenic, As, By, Depending, Earth, Earth's, Environmental, Most Earth, NO2, Planet Labs, SO2, Some, Sun-synchronous, Weather
related to Orbit and altitude control · 14
Satellite → Chemical, Earth, Earth's, Hall-effect, Hypergolic, Ion, Moon, Most, Satellites, Sun, Sun's, The, UV, Without
related to Early proposals · 13
Satellite → Edward Everett Hale, Exploring Space Using Jet, Fortune, He, In, Isaac Newton, Jules Verne's The Begum's, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Newton's, Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, Propulsion Devices, The, The Brick Moon
related to Later Satellite Development · 9
Satellite → After, Beginning, Early, FreeFlyer, GEO, HS-333, International Space Station, The, With
related to Collision threat · 8
Satellite → CPS, IAU, Kessler, SATCON1, Space, SpaceX Starlink, The IAU, With
related to Communication · 7
Satellite → Communications, Earth, However, Some, The, This, To
related to Resource use · 7
Satellite → Ariane, However, Launch, Resource, They, Through, Two
related to Radio interference · 6
Satellite → Also, Due, Earth, GPS, It, Such

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satellites orbit earth space launch use first launched artificial radio also spacecraft rocket ground observation communication atmosphere used around military

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Satelliteis aobject0.90text
Satelliteis aartificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder0.90text
lithiuminstance ofSatellite manufacturing also requires rare elements0.80text
goldinstance ofSatellite manufacturing also requires rare elements0.80text
and galliuminstance ofSatellite manufacturing also requires rare elements0.80text
some of which have significant environmental consequences linked to their mininginstance ofSatellite manufacturing also requires rare elements0.80text
processing and/or are in limited supplyinstance ofSatellite manufacturing also requires rare elements0.80text
NOxinstance ofRadicals0.80text
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and ClOx deplete stratospheric O3 through intermolecular reactionsinstance ofRadicals0.80text
can have huge impacts in trace amountsinstance ofRadicals0.80text
Satellitehas impactThe0.60section

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