1. Significant Milestones in Satellite Technology
Intelsat I (Early Bird) - first commercial telecommunications satellite Molniya - first domestic satellite by the Soviet Union

2. Satellite System A radio repeater in the sky consisting of:
- a transponder
- a ground based station to control its operations
- a user network of earth stations that provide the facilities for transmission and reception of communication traffic through the satellite systems.

3. Satellite Link
A communications path formed between two or more ground stations transmitting and receiving radio communications traffic via satellite

4. Satellite Link
a. Uplink - that portion of the satellite communications link involving the transmission of traffic from the ground station up to the satellite b. Downlink - that portion of a satellite communications link involving the transmission of traffic from the satellite to earth terminal

5. Applications of Satellite
a. Remote sensing

6. Applications of Satellite
b. Weather Forecasting / Hazard Detection

7. Applications of Satellite
c. Agricultural Production Forecasting

8. Applications of Satellite
d. Intelligence / Surveillance Operations