What are artificial satellites? Who makes them? Why do we need them? In the modern technology-driven age of telephones and instant communication, what role do satellites play? How did these versatile and complicated machines come to be made? How are they put into orbit and how do they stay there? What would life be like if all the satellites were to stop functioning? Find out about all this and more in this fascinating book. Accompanied by diagrams and photos, All About Satellites will interest everyone fascinated by space science and technology.