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Building a weather satellite

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Building a weather satellite

SUBJECTS:  Technologies

YEARS:  5–6


Designers and engineers improve upon existing products all the time.

How important do you think it is to update and enhance something like a weather satellite?

Can you think of some other objects that could be improved upon?


Acknowledgements

Video courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.


Production Date: 2014


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