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 Communication satellites allow radio, television, and telephone transmissions to be sent live anywhere in the world. The signals can be sent instantaneously into space and then redirected to another satellite or directly to their destination. Some of them carry electronic devices called transponders for receiving, amplifying, and re-broadcasting signals to the Earth.

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 Reconnaissance satellites are used to spy on other countries. They provide intelligence information on the military activities of foreign countries. These satellites can even detect missile launches or nuclear explosions in space. They can be used as an orbital weapon by placing warheads on a low orbit satellite to be launched at a ground target.
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 Remote sensing satellites are usually put into space to monitor resources important for humans. For example, remote sensing satellites might track animal migration, locate mineral deposits, watch agricultural crops for weather damage, or see how fast the forests are being cut down.
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 Meteorologists use weather satellites for detecting volcanic eruptions and the motion of ash clouds. Radiation measurements from the earth's surface and atmosphere give information on amounts of heat and energy being released from the Earth and the Earth's atmosphere. Satellites monitor the amount of snow in winter, the movement of ice fields, and the depth of the ocean.

 Anti-satellite weapons or Killer Satellites are designed to destroy satellites for strategic military purposes. Currently, only the United States, the former Soviet Union, and the People's Republic of China are known to have developed these weapons.
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 Miniaturized satellites are artificial satellites of lower weights and smaller sizes. One reason for miniaturizing satellites is to reduce the cost: heavier satellites require larger rockets with greater thrust which also has greater cost to finance. They can also be launched 'piggyback', using excess capacity on larger launch vehicles.
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 A space station is a spacecraft capable of supporting a crew which is designed to remain in space for an extended period of time, and to which other spacecraft can dock. A space station is distinguished from other spacecraft used for human spaceflight by lack of major propulsion or landing systems.

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Navigation satellite is a system of satellites that provide autonomous geo-spatial positioning with global coverage. It allows small electronic receivers to determine the location (longitude, latitude, and altitude) to within a few meters using time signals transmitted along a line-of-sight by radio from satellites. A satellite navigation system with global coverage may be termed a global navigation satellite system or GNSS.
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Hubble Space Telescope Astronomical Satellite Meteosat Weather Satellite

Anik eCommunication Satellite

Radarsat - Remote Sensing Satellite

Lacrosse- Reconnaissance Satellite

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ASM-135- Killer Satellite

Navstar - Navigation Satellite

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International Space Station

 The Bhaskara-I and II Satellites were two satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation that formed India's first low orbit Earth Observation Satellite. They collected data on telemetry, oceanography and hydrology.

Rohini is the name given to a series of satellites Intended for measuring in-flight performance of first experimental flight of SLV-3, the first Indian launch vehicle.
The Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE), was an experimental communication satellite with a C-Band transponder. It was India's first three-axis stabilized experimental Geostationary communication satellite.

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 The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) system was

commissioned with the launch of INSAT-1B in August 1983 (INSAT-1A, the first satellite was launched in April 1982 but could not fulfill the mission). INSAT system ushered in a revolution in Indias television and radio broadcasting, telecommunications and meteorological sectors.

Indian Remote Sensing satellites (IRS) are a series of Earth Observation satellites. It is the first operational remote sensing satellite. 16

 GSAT-1 was an experimental satellite launched for performance monitoring, tracking, range safety and preliminary Orbit Determination (POD). The vehicle is provided with instrumentation using Pulse Code Modulation (PCM).

Kalpana-1 is the first dedicated meteorological satellite. This was the first satellite launched by the PSLV. The satellite was originally known as MetSat-1. On February 5, 2003 it was renamed to Kalpana-1 by the Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in memory of Kalpana Chawla. 17

 EDUSAT or GSAT-3 is the first Indian satellite built exclusively to serve the educational sector. It is mainly intended to meet the demand for an interactive satellite-based distance education system for the country.

EDUSAT RISAT-1
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Radar Imaging Satellite 1, or RISAT-1, is the first indigenous allweather Radar Imaging Satellite. Its images will facilitate agriculture and disaster management .
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INSAT-1A

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