| Descriptor in English: | Satellite |
| Descriptor in Spanish: | Satélite |
| Descriptor in Portuguese: | Satélite |
| Descriptor in French: | Satellite |
| Tree number(s): |
SP8.473.654.692.777.635 |
| Scope note: | An object that orbits around a larger one. Artificial satellites orbiting the earth are now used for communications, monitoring weather, gathering hydrological, agricultural, seismological and other similar data and observing environmental phenomena. Also used for military purposes. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
| See also the descriptors: |
Spacecraft
MeSH |
| DeCS UI: | 35106 |
| Descriptor UI: | DDCS035106 |
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PUBLIC HEALTH
Disasters [SP8]Disasters
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Satellite
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| Concept UI |
FD00060963 |
| Scope note | An object that orbits around a larger one. Artificial satellites orbiting the earth are now used for communications, monitoring weather, gathering hydrological, agricultural, seismological and other similar data and observing environmental phenomena. Also used for military purposes. (Material V - Gunn, S.W.A. Multilingual Dictionary of Disaster Medicine and International Relief, 1990) |
| Preferred term | Satellite |
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