If you’re looking for out-of-this world fun and and adventure with satellites and outer space – BuzzSat is where it’s at!
Now Available! An Introduction to Satellite Meteorology Online Course
We are pleased to introduce the first in our series of “Satellites in Space Help Us Live a Better Life on Earth” online courses!
An “Introduction to Satellite Meteorology” explores the many ways that NOAA satellites help meteorologists predict the immediate weather and long-term climate behavior to make our lives more enjoyable and safer. It is designed for students Grades 8-12.
Each chapter has 40-50 pages and is expected to take perhaps 30 minutes per chapter. If you leave the course, it will remember where you left off so you won’t have to start from scratch.
The course is designed to be “self-standing” so any student, parent, youth leader or teacher can independently utilize the course. You experience this free course at:
Introduction to Satellite Meteorology
Please note that this edition of the course is still in its draft stage. Numerous improvements to the navigation features, clarity of graphics and technical content are scheduled for the next release in June 2025. But we’d love to hear from you! Please send your comments and suggestions to f.karnauskas@amsat.org.
Future course to be added later this year include how satellites play a critical role in managing:
- Climate Change
- Pollution Control
- Wildlife and Natural Resources
- Navigation
- Satellite Design and Operation
- Space Exploration
- Communications
- Broadcasting
- Military Operations
- And much, much more!
What Is the Biggest Satellite in Space?
The International Space Station (ISS) is a very special satellite because astronauts live on board. That’s right! Men and women from countries around the world live together on this amazing satellite and perform important experiments that cannot be performed on Earth. You can see the ISS from your own backyard if you know where to look and you can hear the ISS with a simple radio. You can learn all this and more by clicking on