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Satellites / by Ruth Owen.

by Owen, Ruth, 1967- author.

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New York : Powerkids Press, 2015.

Artificial satellites -- Juvenile literature.

9781477758564 (library binding)

1477758569 (library binding)

1477758593 (pbk.)

9781477758595 (pbk.)

Owen, Ruth, 1967- Objects in space.

32 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Watching and learning -- Satellites in orbit -- The first satellite -- Sputnik 1 -- The Hubble Space Telescope -- A telescope with wow factor -- Searching for asteroids -- Fast-moving SWIFT -- Looking back in time -- The James Webb Space Telescope -- CryoSat-2 -- Satellites in our world -- Help in a disaster -- Glossary -- Websites -- Read more, index.

Satellites are important parts of space exploration as well as everyday life on Earth. They're used for telephone communications, military strategy, weather observation, and many other purposes. Readers learn about the many uses we have for satellites and how those have changed since the first satellites were launched. Through informative text and helpful fact boxes, readers also explore the history and importance of both the Hubble Space Telescope and the Kepler Space Observatory. Detailed photographs allow readers to see a variety of satellites up close to learn even more about these helpful space objects.

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