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How to Build...A Satellite
Title
How to Build...A Satellite [electronic resource (video)] / Open University.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2011.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on August 05, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Part of the series How to Build… Series 2
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
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Summary
It's a technological miracle we rarely stop to consider - a signal sent thousands of kilometers across the globe in a matter of seconds, so that millions of people can watch a game-winning play or breaking news. This program shows how 21st-century communications satellites are designed and constructed. Going inside Astrium, a high-profile aerospace engineering firm, the film illustrates the development of satellite payloads and the assembly of precision equipment that will boost broadband, HDTV, and mobile communications around the planet. Viewers learn about work taking place in bunkers and "clean rooms" across Europe, producing components that enable orbital and interstellar flight, withstand burning heat and icy cold, and function flawlessly for up to 20 years.
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Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Open University, 2011.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
How to Build...(Series 2)
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
Introduction to Building & Launching a Satellite (3:38)
Meeting the Satellite Team at Astrium (2:39)
Necessity of Complex Engineering in Space (0:59)
Satellite Anatomy (1:37)
Building a Satellite's Basic Structure (1:52)
Sterile Building Environment (1:20)
Satellite's Fuel & Fuel Tanks (4:12)
Satellite History: Imagining Instant Communication (1:20)
Explaining Geostationary Orbit (1:18)
Satellite Antennae (1:33)
Function & Lifespan of Satellite Engines (1:40)
Satellite Communications Module: "The Payload" (2:38)
Satellite Computer Processors (2:35)
Satellite Crystals (2:51)
Ensuring That Electronic Systems Survive Launch (2:02)
Explaining the Communications Module (1:51)
Improved Speed of Modern Satellite Transmissions (1:24)
Satellite's Thermal Engineering (4:37)
Applying the Satellite's Mirrored Exterior (1:53)
Anechoic Chamber Testing (1:05)
Final Assembly of Satellite's Parts (2:47)
Satellite's Solar Arrays (3:27)
Final Preparations & Rehearsal for Launch (2:04)
Location & Event of Launch (3:09)
Technical Difficulty & Final Satellite Launch (3:21)
Credits: How to Build...A Satellite (0:48)
Videorecording number
48013s Infobase
48016 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
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