the.com/satellites
humanity's way of throwing rocks into the sky and getting wifi back.
means objects, natural or human-made, that orbit a larger body because gravity refuses to let go.
from from latin satelles, meaning bodyguard or attendant — the moon was the original loyal escort, and we've been launching more ever since sputnik in 1957.
first onesputnik, 1957, beeped for 21 days
current countover 10,000 active satellites orbiting right now
space junktens of thousands of dead ones still circling
gps precisionrelies on relativity correction or you'd be lost