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Sea Turtle Glossary

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Satellite

A satellite is any object that orbits around another object. Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) are artificial satellites which orbit the earth and are designed to receive messages from PTTs and relay them to ground stations. This allows researchers to attach PTTs to turtles and track their movements and behaviors via satellite.

See also: PTT   Tracking   Telemetry

WWW References:

• ARGOS
• POES
• SEATURTLE.ORG Tracking

Entered by: Michael Coyne
Modified by: Janice Blumenthal
Entered: 2004-12-13 23:52:09
Last modified: 2005-05-08 15:14:22