"Satellite" es una canción del grupo de rock estadounidense Dave Matthews Band. Fue lanzada en 1995 como el quinto y último sencillo de su LP Under the Table and Dreaming (1994). Alcanzó el puesto #18 en la lista Modern Rock Tracks. La canción debutó originalmente en su álbum de 1993 Remember Two Things. La parte de guitarra de esta canción evolucionó a partir de un ejercicio con los dedos que Dave Matthews solía hacer. La portada del álbum muestra las antenas del Very Large Array en el centro de Nuevo México.
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“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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