Satellites In Our Atmosphere

SATELLITES IN DUR ATMOSPHERE DID YOU KNOW? There are more than 35,000 SATELLITES orbiting the Earth. OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC NOAA Extraterrestrial S DEPARTMENT COMMERCE The NOAA Satellite and Information Service provides "real-time access to satellite data." Little did anyone know that when Arthur C. Clarke wrote the article "Extraterrestrial" in 1945, where he posited placing "3 space platforms into special orbits," that THE IDEA FOR SATELLITES BEGAN. HBO was the leader in satellite delivery by broadcasting the boxing classic The Thriller from Manila to cable in 1976. DIRECTV. The first basic cable service was Christian Broadcasting Network 1977. DIRECTV was the st PROVIDER to deliver "all digital-quality, multi-channel TV programming" on a small satellite dish." * THE MOST POPULAR TV SATELLITES IN THE U.S. According to DishPointer, the following geostationary satellites are the MOST POPULAR: 119 W DIRECTV 7S ECHOSTAR 14 e Launched May 4, 2004 . Direct-to-home TV O Launched March 20, 2010 • Design will last up to 15 YEARS • Reaches customers throughout North America • 54 transponders ECHOSTAR 7 • Launched Feb. 21, 2002 e Serves continental United States, Hawaii, Alaska, and Puerto Rico O Alaska Hawaii O Puerto Rico 110 W DIRECTV 5 (TEMPO 1] ECHOSTAR 10 O Launched May 7, 2002 • Digital TV to subscribers in North America • Direct broadcasting O Launched Feb. 15, 2006 · Equipped for direct-to-home transmission of voice, video, and Internet ECHOSTAR 11 ECHOSTAR 15 97 W GALAXY 19 (G-19) e Launched July 16, 2008 O Launched July 10, 2010 I Works with Echostar 3 and Echostar 12 O Launched Sept. 24, 2008 • Replaced Galaxy 25, otherwise known as Telstar 5 ECHOSTAR 3 O Launched Oct. 5, 1997 61.5 W ÉCHOSTAR 12 • Broadcasts from Central/Mountain to Eastern time zone of U.S (RAINBOW 1) A Launched July 17, 2003 91 W GALAXY 17 (G-17) DIRECTV. O Launched May 4, 2007 • Serves North America NIMIQ 1 a Launched May 20, 1999 NIMIQ 2 a Launched Dec. 29, 2002 SOURCES [1] http://www.space.com/6870-spot-satellites.html [2] http://www.thehistoryof.net/history-of satellite-tv.htm [3] http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/ [4] http://www.directsattv.com/directv/why_directv.html 15 | http://www.dishpointer.com/ [6] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=28238 [7] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=36499 [8] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=27378 [9] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=27426 [10] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=28935 [11] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=33207 [12] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=33376 [13] http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=27852 [14] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=36792 http:/ww.0 [15] http://www.n2yo.com/satellite/?s=25004 [16] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=31307 [17] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=25740 [18] http://www.nzyo.com/satellite/?s=27632