The Wonder of Satellites

December 04, 2024  •  EPISODE 242

Discover the incredible impact satellites have on our modern world! From the early days of rocket launches to today’s cutting-edge satellite technology, Roger Billings takes us on a journey through their evolution. Learn about Elon Musk’s Starlink Network and its vital role in global connectivity. Don’t miss this fascinating episode of Science LIVE!

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Dr. Roger Billings is a visionary innovator whose work has touched the lives of millions of students and transformed the landscape of education. Widely known as “DrB” to the countless kids who benefit from his groundbreaking Acellus learning system, Dr. Billings has dedicated his life to advancing education through technology. As part of DrB’s lifelong commitment to supporting education, Science LIVE was launched as a way to “give back” by mentoring students in conjunction with the Roger Billings Scholarship Program.


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126 Comments

  1. Malaysia

    How is satellites able to send signals from space?

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  2. Lela Eisele

    I had no idea about the race to get the satellites up!

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  3. Becker Eisele

    I really liked that video- more than the others

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  4. Nolan Nicolas

    I really like this video I love space its so much fun

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  5. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

    Space and Satellites have always been interesting to me.

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  6. Kalayla

    How do satellites work?

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  7. Jasmine May

    What other uses can a satellite be used for?

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  8. Lydia hales

    that is cool!

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  9. Storm Brelland

    two years ago researchers at North America state university set new world record for the fastest soft swimming robot and today they said that they broke they’re own record with their new modal of the fast swimming robot.

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  10. Bakari

    I love these lives! I cant lie Mr. Tobias always makes me laugh so hard🤣. Satellites really are awesome! And the story behind it is interesting. I remember when I first found out how things like GPS systems used satellites. Very surprising for younger me, pretty cool seeing the whole backstory. Thanks Mr. Tobias!

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  11. Trenton Evans

    I didn’t realize how much of an impact satellites had on us. That’s really interesting.

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  12. Peyton Barrett

    I love seeing these!

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  13. Jubal Rigdon

    Its cool how the satelites dont fall down to Earth!

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  14. zoe

    wow awsome keep up the good work😎👽👽👽👽👽🪐🪐🪐🪐

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  15. Alaya Searles

    I can’t believe there is so much history behind satellites!!

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  16. Makayla cook

    this is really cool new information!

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  17. mackenzie curley

    love science

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  18. Stella Horner

    I wonder how much these machines cost?

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  19. victoria

    I wonder how much money they need to make these

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  20. victoria

    I love everything and everything is so cool

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  21. Ethan Schwartz

    It is very cool how the satellites are all the way up in the sky and they can send signals down to the GPS systems in our cars.

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  22. Lego kid

    That’s why we call it saddle lite now I got to go find my pony ha ha ha ha ha !!!!!!!!

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  23. Lego kid

    Ccccccccccooooooooooooollllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  24. brinley

    this was very interesting one loved it

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  25. Luke Carlton

    One of my favorites

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  26. rylee

    That is a very cool trick with the ball and the cups

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  27. Auden Southard

    Great live i always enjoy the enthusiasm. loved the misdirection and majic

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  28. Lucian

    Amazing!

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  29. Bethel Ivester

    It won’t let me ask a question. Are they what I see at night moving?

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  30. dylan

    Space is a cool place.

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  31. Brenan Anderson

    What is the largest satellite ever known?

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  32. Atippat Mesomsup

    How can we do maintenance of satellites?

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  33. Watcharawee Mesomsup

    Can something interfere the orbit of satellites?

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  34. Wacharawara Mesomsup

    Can satellites throw something to the Earth?

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  35. Aidan Griser

    Its funny how the first rocket was a ballistic missile with a missile for carrying gadgets attached to it

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  36. Bentley Sparks

    if a satellite can see half of the earth why do we need more than 2 satellites in a network?

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  37. Bradley

    How are their so many satellities?

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  38. Bryson Lantz

    cool

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  39. Angelina

    This is very interesting!

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  40. Daniel Cuter

    This was cool learning about satelites

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  41. Kaitlynne Haines

    How long was the first satellite up in space?

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  42. Arnold Joseph Moize

    How long did it take for you to learn about sattelites?

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  43. Lyra Rothchild

    How long was the first satellite in the air

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  44. CJG

    Did you know that satellites can travel at around 18,000 miles per hour?

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  45. Elisha E.

    That was so great learning about satellites!

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  46. Gia

    It’s cool that when objects are close to the Earth they speed up and when objects are farther away they are slower.

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  47. Leon Cutler Jr

    I believe I have learned quite a bit about satellites and the Cold War. I have never heard however, of a “saddle-light”.

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  48. brianna stilwell

    This was super interesting!

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  49. Henry

    I’m impressed with how quickly the military created a functioning and data-collecting satellite.

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  50. Logan Rentner

    interesting

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  51. Paige Pendergrass

    It was super interesting to learn about satellites.

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  52. Cecilia C.

    How many GPS satellites are in space right now?

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  53. Shoshanna

    WOW!!!!!!

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  54. Tino Salazar

    I love learning about satellites.

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  55. Aaliyah McLaughlin #TWD

    Hi, Science Live was wonderful. Fun fact did you know the first dog to go up to space was Laika a street dog from the Soviet union sadly she did not survive but she is a reason we have sattlelites and we can safely travel to space!!!!

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  56. Benjamin Newton

    Is that true that there is a lot of old garbage satellites orbiting around the earth?

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  57. Aaliyah McLaughlin #TWD

    Hi, I’m so excited about the Acellus Gold store to open! I was curious if anyone knew when the Acellus Gold liabrary was going to open for publishing and reading each others books if anyone knows can you say? Thank you! Another thing I was thinking we can add to are profiles on Acellus is maybe like we can put are birthday and favorite color and maybe are school subject so we can find some stuff out about each other almost like the one where we post are mood, future carreir, and favorite weather. I just think it would be a good addition to Acellus does anyone agree?

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  58. Libby

    Wow this episode was so cool! Satellites are so interesting!

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  59. Elijah Baldwin

    Wow This Episode was Awesome!!!

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  60. Ruth Baldwin

    I loved this one R-51 is so funny

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  61. Cruz Lacina

    What if one of the satellites malfunctions?

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  62. Jessica Romero

    Woah that’s so cool

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  63. Aubrey Zemble

    How long does it take to become a scientist?

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  64. Carmela Myers

    Love this video

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  65. zoe

    thanks for the update about space🪐🌌🪐🌌🌏🌕🌠☄👽👽👽👽

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  66. Rome Austin

    How far away is the sun?

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  67. Dylan girondi

    Wow it was really intresting to learn
    About the satellites

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  68. Samuel Gil

    I did not know you could see that large satellite station from earth.

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  69. Cade Watkins

    Very cool learning about satellites!

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  70. Emily

    Very interesting.

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  71. Lexi Gibson

    What year was the first satelite put into space

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  72. Jaxon Cunningham

    I never knew that they were only given 90 days to get a satellite into space.

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  73. Aubrey

    Cool

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  74. david sandoval

    What year did the first satellite get put into space?

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  75. alex

    nice stuff its educantional okay

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  76. Lydia hales

    cool! :):):()

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  77. Aaliyah McLaughlin #TWD

    @Lexi Gibson
    The Soviet Union launched the earth’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I on October 4, 1957 at 7:28 PM
    Wow it was two days before my birthday that’s cool for reference my birthday is October 6th

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  78. Keira Clark

    I want to learn more about space.

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  79. Magnus Philgence

    Satellites are so cool!

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  80. Gabrielle McClean

    How neat is it that you can communicate to a satellite using your phone in case of emergencies!

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  81. zoe

    r 51 your pony is on your back 😝😜😂🤣🤣🤣🤣😂🤣👏😁

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  82. Landon

    Do you think satellites will ever be obsolete?

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  83. Amber Lilly

    I liked hearing about satellites and especially the starlink, they’re so interesting

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  84. Barrett Pirtle

    interesting. How long did it take you to learn these things?

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  85. Jada Moore

    Will there be so many satellite in space someday that they will crash?

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  86. Kyndal

    That is really cool

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  87. Catelyn Barton

    Satellites are so cool!!

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  88. Gage Reynolds

    This is so interesting

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  89. Elijah Vanke

    Is it possible to build a satellite of your own?

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  90. Calvin Evans

    How do satellites stay in orbit

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  91. Calvin Evans

    Are satellites able to become grounded again?

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  92. Calvin Evans

    If a satellite breaks how is it repaired

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  93. Kenza

    That’s very cool

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  94. Kennedy

    The satellite inventions are useful.

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  95. Angelo Cordio

    cool

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  96. Evie Soucie

    Is there anything Elon Musk can’t do!

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  97. Sophia Garcia

    I live in the rio grande valley, about one hour away from Brownsville Tx. Elon Musk has his space x center there. Sometimes we go watch the rockets launch.

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  98. Trevor Fishack

    Its amazing how many satellites there are.

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  99. Kane Cassidy

    how often do satellites get sent into space

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  100. Sailor Goll

    I always loved Elon and what he does and did. Doesn’t everyone who doesn’t have the knowledge wonder how the first man built a complex object, sent it up to space? And have it analyze our planet? Yes! As always guys taking your time and making great videos. thank you.

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  101. Zane F.

    It is interesting how we use satellite’s.

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  102. Cristina Merino

    Cool demonstration

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  103. Jayden Cress Ramirez

    How much does each satellite cost to be made?

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  104. Adriel Cress Ramirez

    Very interesting

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  105. Megan Hoskins

    So awesome and exiting

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  106. Taylor Dalton

    love this!

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  107. Sarah Bruce

    Fascinating..

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  108. Harley Gonzales

    It was interesting learning about satellites

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  109. Zach Hamp

    Elon is a smart guy

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  110. Anassa Nomura

    How do they get into space?

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  111. Charles Wright

    satellites are nice, complicated but cool. they orbit our earth and provide services.

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  112. Maddison Tymofy

    so cool

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  113. Michael Tymofy II

    satellites helped people during Helene

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  114. Sienna

    I did not realize how detailed making radio waves was and how you have to take an audio wave, copy it and flip it upside down. It seems very complicated.

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  115. Kyle angus

    Elon musk is truly a genius

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  116. Kyndal

    Very cool

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  117. Brieanna Wright

    Their are so many satellite’s

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  118. Declan Hart

    How are the satellites so accurate for GPS?

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  119. aleiah bowman

    the satellite inventions are useful!!!

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  120. Daniel Martin

    I wish Elon had Starlink available to all of us.

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  121. andraya Myers

    this is so cool!

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  122. Albaraa

    I learned a lot

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  123. David Jacobs

    i always wondered about these

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  124. Dayana

    It is incredible how it works !!

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  125. Justin Boily

    This was a great science live

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  126. Gunnar Bendorf

    Awesome! Love space and satelites!!!

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