Ts+Satellites+RS

Introduction to my paper.
Satellites have been a great contribution to navigation, war, forecasting weather, and basically everything. When our civilization didn't have the technology of GPS, we got lost and always took the long routes. Now with the help of GSP we're much more mobile and quicker. The Army have been using GPS very well, for example the operation Desert Storm. USA troops were in the middle of the desert. Where for miles and miles the horizon would look the same, if GPS wasn't yet in use for them, they would get lost and go around in circle for hours if not days. GPS in Military is to me a top weapon, even if it doesn't fire missels or shoot AK-47 bullets at soldiers. GPS can guide a missel to the precise location that it's supposed to land. GPS will now be used much more often by everybody.

Topic Questions.
- How does the army use satellites in war? - How do the weather channel use satellites and how does it affect ? - How does satellite influence the use of Global Positioning System? - Does satellite affect culture?

__**Website found**__
Website One http://www.aero.org/education/primers/gps/uses.html Uses for GPS. The Aerospace Corporation.

Three things I discovered

1)The GPS system was completed only in 1994. 2)Without a reliable navigation system, U.S. forces could not have performed the maneuvers of Operation Desert Storm. 3)With GPS the soldiers were able to go places and maneuver in sandstorms or at night.

Two things I found interesting.

1)More than 9,000 commercial receivers were in use in the Gulf region. 2)GPS receivers were used in several aircraft, including F-16 fighters, KC-135 aerial tankers, and B-52 bombers.

One question I still have

1) Can GPS navigate us on water as well?


 * Title:** [|The Power to Follow Your Every Move]
 * Source:** New Scientist (London, England) Vol. 187, No. 2508
 * Author:** Duncan Graham-Rowe
 * Publication Date:** July 16, 2005
 * Page Number:** 28-29
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher
 * Service:** SIRS Knowledge Source 

Three things I discovered.

1) This year European Commission and the European Space Agency is launching the project Galileo. 2) Galileo is supposed to be more accurate and stronger signals than a GPS. 3) Galileo has in total 30 orbiting satellites.

two things I found interesting.

1) That satellites are still improving everyday. 2) Galileo is going to be far better than GPS and its going to help out a lot in navigation.

One question I still have.

Q) Why cant Satellites spy indoors?

Search terms [|Global Positioning System]

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__**Title:** [|Trackers Watch for Dangerous 'Space Junk']
 * Source:** Air Force Link
 * Author:** Scott King
 * Publication Date:** May 2, 2006
 * Page Number:** n.p.
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter

Three Things i discovered

1) There are more than 9,000 other items in space. 2) That the Items in space are tracked by the Ground-Based Electro-Optical Deep Space Surveillance System, known as GEODSS. 3) The Deep STARE digital camera, can see objects 10,000 times dimmer than the human eye can detect.

Two Things i found interesting.

1) The Deep STARE digital camera, can see objects 10,000 times dimmer than the human eye can detect. 2) There are more than 9,000 other items in space.

One Question I still have.

1) How do we control satellites from such a long distance?

Search terms [|Artificial satellites, Military use]__

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 * Title:** [|The Eyes and Ears of War]
 * Source:** Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA)
 * Author:** Usha Lee McFarling
 * Publication Date:** April 24, 2003
 * Page Number:** n.p.
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher

Three things i discovered

1) USA keeps track of all planes above Iraq. 2) 90% of the Bombs launched by USA were so called "smart bombs" 3) or the first time, allied commanders at the front were able to receive on portable computers target images.

Two Things i found interesting

1) Orbiters such as the "Lacrosse" radar-imaging satellites can see through clouds and darkness. 2) The number of satellites of all types used in the war is estimated to be nearly 100.

One Question I still have.

1) How does the "Lacrosse" satellite can see through clouds and darkness?

Search Term [|Military intelligence]


 * Title:** [|Why Space for the Army?]
 * Source:** Soldiers
 * Author:** Donna Miles
 * Publication Date:** May 1993
 * Page Number:** 24
 * Database:** SIRS Government Reporter

Three things I discovered.

1) A sophisticated worldwide network of land- and space-based sensors is able to detect and track intercontinental and sea-launched ballistic missiles and manned bombers anywhere in the world.

2) During Operation Desert Storm, the system is also capable of detecting some short-range missiles, like Scuds, that could jeopardize U.S. troops.

3) The NAVSTAR Global Positioning System was one of the heroes of Operation Desert Storm.

Two things I found interesting.

1) The sensors detect and track exhaust heat generated by ballistic missiles, then immediately relay the data to U.S. Space Command's missile warning center in Cheyenne Mountain, Colo.

2) Confirmed threats must be reported to the president within four minutes of initial detection.

One question I still have.

1) Why do the Military have to report the president within four minutes of initial detection of a missile or threats?

Search Term [|Artificial satellites, Military use]


 * Title:** [|The View from Space]
 * Source:** Weatherwise
 * Author:** Patrick Hughes
 * Publication Date:** June/July 1995
 * Page Number:** 60-62
 * Database:** SIRS Researcher
 * Service:** SIRS Knowledge Source <[|http://www.sirs.com]>

Three things I discovered

1) Today meteorologists and television viewers alike take for granted our near-continuous surveillance of the planet's swirling weather systems.

2)The first successful meteorological satellite sensor (to measure the Earth's global heat budget) was designed for Wexler by Verner Soumi, another Rossby alumnus

3) A decade before an eerie "beep beep" from space announced that Sputnik I was orbiting the Earth every 96.2 minutes, American military scientists were using camera-equipped German V- 2 and Navy Viking rockets to photograph cloud systems from high altitudes.

Two things I found interesting.

1) Hurricanes often went undetected until they sank a ship or savaged a people-packed island or coastline.

2) They use satellite cameras to forecast the upcoming weather.

One question I still have.

1) How accurate can they be with the upcoming weather? Since the weather can change drastically in short amount of time.