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CHAPTER 10 SPACE EXPLORATION
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CHAPTER 10
SPACE EXPLORATION
Radio Telescope
Space Telescope
Space Shuttle
Applications of technology related to space exploration
• Communication satellites – Allow us to have instant radio and telephone
communications– Receive live telecasts– Enjoy satellite television like ASTRO– Exchange information via Internet
Image of MEASAT-3 orbiting over Malaysia
• Weather satellites – Monitor world’s weather– Enable forecasters to predict weather hazards– Normally located at North Pole and South Pole
• Navigation satellites – Global positioning system (GPS)
• Millitary satellites– Spy satellites – help nations to improve their
security and defence systems