Answer the following question:
What is meant by an artificial satellite? How are the satellites classified based on their functions?
Answer:
A manmade object revolves around the earth or any other planet in a fixed orbit is called an artificial satellite.
Based on their function satellites are of various types-
a. Weather satellite- Study and prediction of weather.
b. Communication satellite – Establish communication between different location of the world.
c. Broadcast satellite – Telecasting of tv programmes.
d. Navigational satellite – Fix the location of any place on the earth’s surface.
e. Military satellite – Collect information for security aspects.
f. Earth observation satellite – Study of forests, deserts, oceans, polar ice etc.
