In recent years, small satellites have taken the space industry by storm. Their short development times, low cost, significant miniaturisation, standardisation

Describes man-made satellites, how they work, and their importance in gathering information about natural phenomena and the characteristics of outer space.

In 1957 Sputnik, the world's first man-made satellite, dazzled people as it zipped around the planet. By the beginning of the twenty-first century, more than ei

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Right now, above our heads—nearly imperceptible to us but hugely important to how we live—are thousands of man-made objects that we have sent into space. Ub