The Sky at Night
Season 11 Episode 2 - Observing Earth Satellites
8.3 ?
1957
Documentary, News
Well over a thousand artificial satellites are now in orbit round the earth, and some can be seen as bright lights crossing the stars. Patrick Moore talks to Desmond King-Hele, F.R.S. about the way amateur observers can sight and track satellites, and about the value of these observations to space research.
Episodes in Season 11
1
The Giant Planet
2
Observing Earth Satellites
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3
Gas-Clouds in Space
4
The Craters on the Moon
5
Ten Years of Astronomy
6
A new look at Mars
7
Vega
8
Lord Rosse's Great Telescope
9
Exploding Stars
10
Invisible Astronomy
11
Cameras round the Moon
12
Venus Observed
13
