Dallo Sputnik ai giorni nostri

The science, technology and use of modern artificial satellites. Understanding how satellites affect the lives of all of us today is not easy and so here is the intent of this publication, which in addition to scrupulously collecting data and facts from decades of development of space systems, highlights in a simple and clear way how many and what are the more or less known connections between a technology still considered complicated by many. Astronautics is a relatively recent science, whose active history has only lasted for just over half a century; but in this period of time the events and the evolution of spacecraft have affected the everyday life of the inhabitants of planet Earth, contributing in a fundamental way (although often overlooked by most) to the technological progress of our civilization.