Google Maps/How Satellites Work

v1 Today, the number of satellites orbiting the Earth is in the...

• hundreds.

• thousands.

• billions.

• millions.

v1 Photographic satellite technology was first developed by...

• the military.

• real estate developers.

• photographers.

• weather forecasters.

v1 The United States and the Soviet Union developed satellites to...

• help each other.

• signal each other.

• defend each other.

• spy on each other.

v1 The first reconnaissance or spy satellites were called the ______________ satellites.

• Sputnik

• Corona

• Air Force

• Space

v1 What year did Google change the whole game by acquiring a satellite company?

• 2002

• 1999

• 2008

• 2004

v1 The NASA program letting you look at real time space cameras is called

• GoogleMaps

• EarthKAM

• GoogleEarth

• Rocketship

v2 The number of satellites orbiting the earth today is

• 1000

• 5

• 4900

• 999

v2 Satellites never lose speed

• True

• False

v2 LEO stands for

• Lion

• Medium earth orbit

• Geoearth orbit

• Low earth orbit

v2 MEO stands for

• Low earth orbit

• Medium earth orbit

• deep space orbit