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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257 Comments

  1. Rebecca

    I’m glad we have satellites in earth to help us in life.

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  2. Amilicia Price

    Pajet is so inspiring!

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  3. Kevin Williams

    Satellites are very helpful for the future.

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  4. eliza

    satellites are very useful

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  5. Yoab Kaleb

    It’s amazing how the satellite reaches from such great distance from outer space, it shows the human minds true potential, and I hope to learn about communication from here to space.

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  6. Zoey White

    Satellites are so cool.

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  7. Mina Lane

    satellites are so cool

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  8. Autumn Coleman

    I would love to learn more about satellites!

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  9. leah

    nice!!

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  10. Samantha jetter

    i’d like to see space one day

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  11. mckenna carroll

    Satellites are definitely an interesting topic.

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  12. Rebecca Blackwell

    I wonder what it’s like orbiting earth

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  13. Laci

    I wonder how satellites work. either way, they are still pretty cool!

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  14. Nevaeh Maxie

    COOL!!!!

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  15. Jazelyn MacMullen

    Satellites are so useful for us in todays world!

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  16. Dylan Willis

    Can I put a rocket in space for science?

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  17. Uzair martinez

    I love this video!

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  18. Toryn R.

    Hello! 🐢

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  19. Emma Ahearn

    nice

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  20. Karsyn Lewis

    I really like learning about satelites

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  21. Jayden Bowles

    I loved this episode because I wonder how they work too.

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  22. Caleb Paulicin

    Satellites are one of the best things the world has ever made.

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  23. jade champlain

    Satellites are so fascinating!!

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  24. Steven terry

    Dr. Billings made learning about satellites humorous and fun! He’s very smart and what he has to say is important.

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  25. Cain Green

    Satellites give so much information about space

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  26. Kierra Hodges

    ❤️❤️❤️

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  27. Lloyd Wilson

    I liked learning about the Sputnik

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  28. Jameson Stroud

    what makes the gravitational pull?

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  29. Brandon Wordlaw

    We definitely could not live without satellites now.

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  30. Malachi mitchell

    Satellites are interesting

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  31. Bailey

    I was surprised to know satellite travel at 18,000 per hour !!

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  32. Brookelyn Cloud

    Learned about satellites!

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  33. Sophie Nelson

    Satellites are so cool and give us so much information from above!

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  34. Michael Yohannes

    I didn’t know satellites were this important and complex. Nice.

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  35. Simone tarantelli

    💕❤️💕❤️

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  36. Bennett O'Brien

    Who discovered radio waves?

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  37. Kevin Wilson

    I actually have starlink for my WiFi it’s pretty good haven’t had any issues

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  38. Hannah Hope

    It’s amazing you can see the international space station from earth. I’ve tried to see in the past when it was over me but never had any luck. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to see it.

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  39. alivia

    This was a good episode, I learned so much about satellites.

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  40. Shannon Rice

    It was really cool to learn about satellites and how important they are.

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  41. Yocabed kaleb

    loved this video and learning about satellites.

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  42. Grace Mary Gorman

    I never knew how important satellites are!

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  43. Brinley Brown

    Satellites are cool

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  44. Tieraney Allen-Jackson

    Satellites are very cool

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  45. Renee tarantelli

    I love learning about satellites!

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  46. Zoe Meadows

    Satellites are amazing! r 51 is very funny 🙂

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  47. r

    Satellites near to twenty eight thousand up above and beyond. I am amazed by science. Acellus thankyou.

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  48. Leilah Peterson

    I like the way the Italian language sounds.

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  49. Skylar Cooper

    I wonder what it would be like without satelites

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  50. Ian Mcgrath

    Hi Dr.B ,<3 🙂

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  51. Deanna

    The message at the end of the video was so sweet

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  52. Chance Thompson

    Satellites are cool to learn about.

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  53. Preston Thompson

    Satellites are so useful
    .

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  54. Skyler bell

    Satellites are awesome.

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  55. Maxwell Bronson

    Satellites are AWESOME!!!!!!!

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  56. Jonathan Nesmith

    satellites are so cool!

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  57. RyAnna A

    I learned about space.

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  58. Barrett Zapf

    Poor r51’s pony, i hope it’s not forgotten.

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  59. Rafe Moran

    I love anything space!

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  60. Callan Hiner

    coooooool

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  61. Calogero

    Satellites rock!

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  62. asher woods

    i use satellites 24/7

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  63. James Wood

    Crazy to think satellites send signals all the way from space.

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  64. Julian

    We get internet from satellites?!??!??!!! I’m happy I learned that

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  65. harleigh

    satellites are so cool!

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  66. Angel Mills

    I never really understood untill this video

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  67. julius young jr

    how do the satellites not fall back down onto earth?

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  68. Mazzy

    That’s so cool how our internet comes from space!

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  69. Abigail McGrath

    learning about satellites is really cool!

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  70. Maxim Marogy

    I loved learning about satellites.

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  71. Amelia

    Crazy how we get internet from satellites

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  72. Isabella Nesmith

    Satellites are so interesting. I love Space!

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  73. Elisiyana Louis

    Satellites have truly revolutionized our world. Without their technological prowess, the internet as we know it would barely exist!

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  74. Zane/Frittle

    Tobais needs to teach a History class for Accelus, that would be amazing!

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  75. Alisi

    I find space so fascinating

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  76. ashton

    So funny!

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  77. Ally King

    How do satellites and internet work together?

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  78. Scarlet Harris

    I don’t completely understand how the messages get sent from the satellites down to earth. How does the data travel so far?

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  79. Alana Boyce

    Amazing video! I learn something new everytime I watch these.

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  80. Ronnie Horner

    Satellites are really fascinating to learn about.

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  81. Braylon Morris

    Elon Musk!

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  82. Eldad Gedleselase

    I never knew an orbit isn’t a perfect circle. I love how GROK described science live as the brain child of Roger Billings. I also loved the history of satellites being explained . And how they made the radio was so cool.

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  83. Madi

    Satellites are so cool and how the take pictures are amazing. The pictures they take are gorgeous.

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  84. Avarie Tupper

    satellites look like starts in the sky to the naked eye

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  85. Aidan Rownd

    What would we do without satellites and Elon Musk!

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  86. elijah

    the higher into space gravity gets weaker

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  87. isaac

    I just love R 51 he cracks me up

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  88. Hadley Thomas

    This made me think about space and how things are different. Living on Earth, we forget that we live in a much different world. The biggest difference to me is, there is no air in Space. This hasnt been a interest to me in the past, but after watching I am intrigued to learn more.

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  89. Bentley stratton

    New to Acellus and so excited

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  90. Emily

    It’s mind boggling how satellites give us Internet!!

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  91. Varvara

    Satellites are so cool!

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  92. Zen McCarthy

    Satellites are so interesting how does it make internet work?

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  93. Ashton Coleman

    I love the internet!

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  94. Andrew

    Satellites are fascinating

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  95. Ashtyn Kuiper

    Love hearing about space and satellites.

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  96. Rat Mom

    Tobias is so funny! thankyou so much for this video.

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  97. Samantha Ojo

    What kind of orbit does a satellite have?

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  98. E l l a R o s e

    I love satellites, because with out the we wouldn’t have internet

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  99. Dylan

    Great work love this video.

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  100. nathaniel thompson

    When I grow up, I think I’m going to space 🙂 *__*☆*: .。. o(≧▽≦)o .。.:*☆

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  101. Amanda DeWitt

    So Cool!!

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  102. Aden Neumyer

    The further the object is away from Earth the slower it will be. The closer it’s to Earth the faster it will be.

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  103. Mary

    Wow, satellites do a lot of work, just imagine a world without satellites, people would be lost in the woods, and we wouldn’t have GPS.

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  104. Avner Golub

    Science live never ceases to amaze me!

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  105. julia grace powell

    loved this video!!

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  106. Audrey E

    Amazing

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  107. Yusuf Aboshihata

    nice

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  108. Rosie

    what else do they use satellites for?

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  109. jayden moore

    I always am so interested in the science videos

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  110. Chi ( Cee )

    TOBIAS IS DEFINITELY HAS TO BE THE FUNNIEST PERSON ON SCIENCE LIVE. THIS WAS A COOL ONE! GREAT JOB DR . B AND LADY PAJET! 🩵👩🏾‍💻.

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  111. Jamee

    I love this Show

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  112. Caleb Felker

    Satellites are awesome! What a cool backstory!

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  113. Gracelyn Weitz

    cool

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  114. Adelia Golub

    Satellites are so cooool!!!!

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  115. Kassidy Postema

    How do they keep the satellites from hitting each other when they send them up in the air?

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  116. Benji S.

    Very interesting episodes and one of my favorite ones so far! (also im trying to catch up to the current date ones since i was unable to do so because i was on a Christmas trip so that is why this is an outdated comment)

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  117. Onyx McKie

    I always wonder how big a satellite would be if it fell down to earth near me.

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  118. Rebekah Wright

    satellites are more interesting then i thought

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  119. Jakob

    Crazy to think how many satelites there are above us right now.

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  120. Joseph Mancine

    I love satellites, and Mr Joseph is so funny and awesome!

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  121. Gwen

    This was very interesting

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  122. Charlie

    Russia is always like “We will beat- er be the first to complete that,” than the others are like “Russia, this is not a race,” Then Russia is like “OK, (≖ ‿ ≖ ),” then the others were like 💀💀💀.

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  123. Hannah

    I rewatched this episode three times and finally understand how satellites work!

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  124. Sage Davis

    great info on satellites

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  125. Layla

    I enjoyed this one.

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  126. Leeland Whitehouse

    I remember going fishing with my dad at night last summer and seeing these lights in the sky we thought they were shooting stars, but they were satellites it was a big thing everyone was trying to figure out what they were.

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  127. Kayla Ferguson

    How do they correctly place the satellites in space, and how do they fall into orbit?

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  128. Ava Nelson

    I learn so many interesting facts from these videos

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  129. Hailey Wallace

    Its really cool how they can stay up there

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  130. Max McCall

    How many spacewalks have been done on the ISS?

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  131. Gunnar Bendorf

    Awesome! Love space and satelites!!!

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  132. Justin Boily

    This was a great science live

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  133. Dayana

    It is incredible how it works !!

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  134. David Jacobs

    i always wondered about these

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  135. Albaraa

    I learned a lot

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  136. andraya Myers

    this is so cool!

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  137. Daniel Martin

    I wish Elon had Starlink available to all of us.

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  138. aleiah bowman

    the satellite inventions are useful!!!

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  139. Declan Hart

    How are the satellites so accurate for GPS?

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  140. Brieanna Wright

    Their are so many satellite’s

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  141. Kyndal

    Very cool

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  142. Kyle angus

    Elon musk is truly a genius

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  143. 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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  144. Michael Tymofy II

    satellites helped people during Helene

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  145. Maddison Tymofy

    so cool

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  146. Charles Wright

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

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  147. Anassa Nomura

    How do they get into space?

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  148. Zach Hamp

    Elon is a smart guy

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  149. Harley Gonzales

    It was interesting learning about satellites

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  150. Sarah Bruce

    Fascinating..

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  151. Taylor Dalton

    love this!

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  152. Megan Hoskins

    So awesome and exiting

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  153. Adriel Cress Ramirez

    Very interesting

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  154. Jayden Cress Ramirez

    How much does each satellite cost to be made?

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  155. Cristina Merino

    Cool demonstration

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  156. Zane F.

    It is interesting how we use satellite’s.

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  157. 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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  158. Kane Cassidy

    how often do satellites get sent into space

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  159. Trevor Fishack

    Its amazing how many satellites there are.

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  160. 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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  161. Evie Soucie

    Is there anything Elon Musk can’t do!

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  162. Angelo Cordio

    cool

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  163. Kennedy

    The satellite inventions are useful.

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  164. Kenza

    That’s very cool

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  165. Calvin Evans

    If a satellite breaks how is it repaired

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  166. Calvin Evans

    Are satellites able to become grounded again?

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  167. Calvin Evans

    How do satellites stay in orbit

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  168. Elijah Vanke

    Is it possible to build a satellite of your own?

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  169. Gage Reynolds

    This is so interesting

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  170. Catelyn Barton

    Satellites are so cool!!

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  171. Kyndal

    That is really cool

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  172. Jada Moore

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

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  173. Barrett Pirtle

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

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  174. Amber Lilly

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

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  175. Landon

    Do you think satellites will ever be obsolete?

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  176. zoe

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

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  177. Gabrielle McClean

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

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  178. Magnus Philgence

    Satellites are so cool!

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  179. Keira Clark

    I want to learn more about space.

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  180. 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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  181. Lydia hales

    cool! :):):()

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  182. alex

    nice stuff its educantional okay

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  183. david sandoval

    What year did the first satellite get put into space?

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  184. Aubrey

    Cool

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  185. Jaxon Cunningham

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

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  186. Lexi Gibson

    What year was the first satelite put into space

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  187. Emily

    Very interesting.

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  188. Cade Watkins

    Very cool learning about satellites!

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  189. Samuel Gil

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

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  190. Dylan girondi

    Wow it was really intresting to learn
    About the satellites

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  191. Rome Austin

    How far away is the sun?

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  192. zoe

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

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  193. Carmela Myers

    Love this video

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  194. Aubrey Zemble

    How long does it take to become a scientist?

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  195. Jessica Romero

    Woah that’s so cool

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  196. Cruz Lacina

    What if one of the satellites malfunctions?

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  197. Ruth Baldwin

    I loved this one R-51 is so funny

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  198. Elijah Baldwin

    Wow This Episode was Awesome!!!

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  199. Libby

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

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  200. 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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  201. Benjamin Newton

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

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  202. 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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  203. Tino Salazar

    I love learning about satellites.

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  204. Shoshanna

    WOW!!!!!!

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  205. Cecilia C.

    How many GPS satellites are in space right now?

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  206. Paige Pendergrass

    It was super interesting to learn about satellites.

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  207. Logan Rentner

    interesting

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  208. Henry

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

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  209. brianna stilwell

    This was super interesting!

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  210. 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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  211. 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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  212. Elisha E.

    That was so great learning about satellites!

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  213. CJG

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

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  214. Lyra Rothchild

    How long was the first satellite in the air

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  215. Arnold Joseph Moize

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

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  216. Kaitlynne Haines

    How long was the first satellite up in space?

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  217. Daniel Cuter

    This was cool learning about satelites

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  218. Angelina

    This is very interesting!

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  219. Bryson Lantz

    cool

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  220. Bradley

    How are their so many satellities?

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  221. 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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  222. 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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  223. Wacharawara Mesomsup

    Can satellites throw something to the Earth?

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  224. Watcharawee Mesomsup

    Can something interfere the orbit of satellites?

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  225. Atippat Mesomsup

    How can we do maintenance of satellites?

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  226. Brenan Anderson

    What is the largest satellite ever known?

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  227. dylan

    Space is a cool place.

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  228. Bethel Ivester

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

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  229. Lucian

    Amazing!

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  230. Auden Southard

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

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  231. rylee

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

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  232. Luke Carlton

    One of my favorites

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  233. brinley

    this was very interesting one loved it

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  234. Lego kid

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

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  235. 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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  236. 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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  237. victoria

    I love everything and everything is so cool

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  238. victoria

    I wonder how much money they need to make these

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  239. Stella Horner

    I wonder how much these machines cost?

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  240. mackenzie curley

    love science

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  241. Makayla cook

    this is really cool new information!

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  242. Alaya Searles

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

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  243. zoe

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

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  244. Jubal Rigdon

    Its cool how the satelites dont fall down to Earth!

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  245. Peyton Barrett

    I love seeing these!

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  246. Trenton Evans

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

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  247. 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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  248. 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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  249. Lydia hales

    that is cool!

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  250. Jasmine May

    What other uses can a satellite be used for?

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  251. Kalayla

    How do satellites work?

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  252. Jada R. S. Pace-Kitchen

    Space and Satellites have always been interesting to me.

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  253. Nolan Nicolas

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

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  254. Becker Eisele

    I really liked that video- more than the others

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  255. Lela Eisele

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

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  256. Malaysia

    How is satellites able to send signals from space?

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