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"Satellite" is a song by American Christian metal band P.O.D. and the title track of their fourth studio album, Satellite (2001), released on August 5, 2002, as the fourth and final single from the album. The single's release was accompanied by a music video containing live footage of the band's performance at the Virginia Beach Amphitheater during FM99's Lunatic Luau 6 on July 21, 2002, as well as separate performance footage filmed in the woods.
“AMSAT-OSCAR 7 was launched November 15, 1974 by a Delta 2310 launcher from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Lompoc, California. AO-7 was launched piggyback with ITOS-G (NOAA 4) and the Spanish INTASAT. and was the second Phase 2 satellite (Phase II-B).”
“"If it weren't for satellites, we would have very little understanding of the biological activity of the entire Earth," said Josh Fisher, a climate scientist at JPL. "We know from our field studies about how different ecosystems [vary], but we don't know how robust or representative our studies are at the global scale."”
“[The Hubble Space Telescope is] probably the most sophisticated scientific satellite ever built.”
“In 1971 the CIA and Air Force began designing the Keyhole or KH series of spy satellites. On December 19, 1976, the first Keyhole was launched … Their resolution was so superior that license plate numbers on parked cars could be clearly read. Further, the satellites were used to photograph Soviet spacecraft in orbit and strategic bombers in flight.”
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