Artificial Satellites: Helpers in SpaceSimple answers to children's questions about artificial satellites. What are they? What do they do? How do they work? How do they get up into outer space? |
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Contents | 4 |
What Do Satellites Look | 12 |
Earth Stations | 18 |
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