Satellites

Their Special Missions to Connect, Inform, and Protect

Kate Peridot, Denis Freitas

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English

Dorling Kindersley
11 March 2025

Children's & Educational; Science & technology: general interest (Children's&YA); Space (Children's&YA)

Series: Adventures in Tech

An informative and beautiful guide to satellites for children

Look up into a clear night sky and soon enough, you'll see a dot of light zip past. It's not a shooting star, it's a satellite.

Every day, thousands of satellites orbit the Earth doing important jobs. Meet NOAA, Galileo, Aura, James Webb, and more, and find out about their special missions to connect, inform, and protect all of us on planet Earth.

Satellites introduces children to smart satellite technology and the ways satellites monitor the planet's health and help us take action. The book uniquely combines Earth science and the latest space tech, and is designed to fascinate and reassure. It includes a multitude of news-related themes- climate change, deforestation, wildlife tracking, storm/fire warnings, exploration, space junk, and more. There has never been a better time to learn about our 'eyes in the sky.

By: Kate Peridot
Illustrated by: Denis Freitas
Imprint: Dorling Kindersley
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 278mm, Width: 230mm, Spine: 11mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9780241695807
ISBN 10: 0241695805
Series: Adventures in Tech
Pages: 80
Publication Date: 11 March 2025
Recommended Age: From 7 to 9 years
Audience: Children/juvenile , English as a second language
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kate Peridot writes fiction and non-fiction, and likes to imaginatively blend the two to create immersive books. Kate hopes to inspire and prove to children that working in the space tech industry is not an impossible dream. Denis Freitas is an illustrator and graphic designer from S o Paulo, Brazil. Sophie Allan is head of Teaching and Learning at the National Space Academy, UK. She is passionate about space and has a wealth of experience delivering space education projects and programmes, including for the European Space Agency. She has delivered lectures on space science around the world, including in Beijing and Shanghai as part of the China-UK strategic space partnership. Sophie has collaborated on multiple children's books with DK.