General applications of satellites

Depending on the application to be developed with a satellite, it is possible to prepare their respective classification. Thus it can be considered that there are the following types of satellites:

Comunicações:
- Comunicações fixas (FSS, Fixed Satellite Service);
- Difusão (BSS, Broadcasting Satellite Service);
- Comunicações móveis (MSS, Mobile Satellite Service).

Navigation:
- Positioning (GPS, Global Positioning System).

Observation of the earth and atmosphere:
- Meteorology;
- Detection remote. Military:
- Espionage.

In all these applications the satellites reveal be very important, because its ability to cover large areas to achieve that would be more difficult to access if it means land use.