The term satellite is derived from the Latin language, specifically from the word "satelles", at present it can be used to name two types of objects, which although they are named the same, have completely different characteristics, the first of them is used in the In the case of celestial organisms, they are dark in color and can only shine when reflected by solar rays, on the other hand there are also artificial satellites, these are artifacts created by humans in order to orbit around the planets in order to gather information about them.
There are two types of satellites, the natural and the artificial, the first refers to celestial structures of opaque tonality and which can only shine through the refraction of the solar rays, since in general these objects are rotating in orbit to the sun, this type of satellites usually go in harmony with respect to the orbit of the planets and their rotational and translational movements, in the case of the Earth, the most important satellite is the Moon, in the solar system not only the Earth has this type of structure, since the planets Jupiter, Saturn and Mars, have their own natural satellites.
On the other hand, when referring to artificial satellites, it is to name the structures made by man and which fulfills the function of collecting, storing and transmitting information regarding the planet where it is orbiting, this through the use of high technologies created by skilled labor in the area, the orbits of these objects can vary, since they open satellites with low, medium, geostationary and elliptical orbit, this is because they adapt according to the objective with which it has been launched into space, being able to be for constructive purposes, such as the transmission of geological, meteorological, cartographic information, among others, or on the contrary, its purpose to serve as an instrument of war.
One type of artificial satellite that is currently gaining popularity is the so-called communications satellite, manufactured with the aim of acting as a super antenna from space, making communications much more efficient.
