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Sputnik

• Sputnik: Announcement of the First Satellite
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NASA

• NASA Links
• Johnson Space Center - Shuttles!
• Photo Gallery
• NASA History Home Page
• Clementine color mosaic of full Earth - View Earth from a satellite orbiting the moon!
• Satellite Tracking Software
• Educator's Guide to Spotting Satellites
• Satellite Tracking
• Satellite Pass Prediction - Real-time via Java!

General Satellite Information

• AMSAT Phase 3D Project
• The Solar Power Satellite (SPS) concept
• Technologies for Earth Observation
• Amateur Radio Communications Satellite
• ARTEMIS - A Program to Identify and Map Lunar Resources
• HUGIN - a small satellite trying to be intelligent
• What Makes Up An Artificial Satellite?
• Automated Microsatellites and Ground Stations
• Phobos Mission Vehicle Design
• Teledesic: Global, Broadband Internet-in-the-Sky Network

• The Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation
• Sounds from the First Satellites
• Satellite Tracking Software
• Keplerian Elements

GPS

• Garmin: What is GPS?
• Adventure GPS Products
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Space Junk

• European Space Agency: Space Debris Activities at ESOC
• Tracking "Space Junk"
• Photos: Impact Damage of LDEF Surfaces

Satellite Images of Earth

• World Image Map: Browse Images (Landsat 7)
• New York and Long Island
• Maui
• English Channel
• Earth Sciences and Image Analysis: The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth
• Terraserver - See where you live, from space!
• SpaceLink - Earth Images From Space