Audio:QS030101.AIF C-box:In 1957 the first of these made history by orbiting the earth. BallLoc:20,35;163,35;306,35;20,142;163,142;306,142;20,249;163,249;306,249 LineNum: GeoBytesUsed:6 PaletteNeutralPic: A-box or Headline5:N/A A-box or Headline6:N/A Correct:Artificial satellite*QS030102.AIF* Wrong 1:Space shuttle Wrong 2:Gyroscope Wrong 3:Space station Wrong 4:Jet-powered aircraft Wrong 5:Airplane Wrong 6:Weather balloon Wrong 7:Ballistic missile Wrong 8:Helicopter GeoByte1:The first artificial satellite, the Soviet Union's ^Sputnik^, could be seen with the naked eye as it passed through the night sky. GeoByte2:When you get a phone call from overseas, a huge antenna beams signals to a satellite, which bounces them back to an antenna near you. GeoByte3:Some satellites contain equipment (like the Hubbell telescope) that relays information back to earth about the solar system and the universe. GeoByte4:Communications satellites can bring television viewers live news coverage of events happening half a world away. GeoByte5:Communication satellites relay television and telephone signals all over the world. GeoByte6:Thanks to weather satellites that circle the globe, meteorologists can now give more detailed and accurate weather predictions. GeoByte7: GeoByte8: GeoByte9: GeoByte10: PictCast:["HQ030110.PIC", "HQ030210.PIC", "HQ030310.PIC", "HQ030410.PIC", "HQ030510.PIC", "HQ030610.PIC", "HQ030710.PIC", "HQ030810.PIC", "HQ030910.PIC", "HQ031010.PIC", "HQ031110.PIC", "HQ031210.PIC"]* VideoReward:HP030150.MOV Palette:PaletteQ1 StartVideo:#none EndVideo: RewardPictCast:#none Glossary Start Glossary End