It's a satellite that orbits a planet to gather data about it, like weather data or land mapping or upper atmosphere research.
The Omid satellite was launched on February 2nd, 2009. It is Iran's first domestically manufactured satellite and is used for telecommunications and research.
There are dozens of scientific research satellites. You must be more specific.
Canada's first satellite was Alouette 1, a scientific satellite designed and built by the Defence and Research Telecommunications Establishment (a division of the Defence Research Board).The functions of these organizations were later absorbed into the National Research Council, which the Canadian Space Agency was created from.
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The Indian Space Research Organisation
The Nasa satellite
CARTOSAT 2A is an Earth observation satellite in a sun-synchronous orbit. The satellite is the thirteenth satellite in the Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite series to be built, launched and maintained by the Indian Space Research Organisation.
Microgravity research, ISS component delivery, satellite launch, ferrying astronauts to space stations & satellite repair.
South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Satellite Applications Centre is a satellite tracking facility located in Hartebeesthoek, 60 kilometres north of Johannesburg.
AFter doing some research it seems that the satellite boxes are still on the market, which means people still buy and use them. You can find more info here. www.broadcom.com/.../Satellite/Satellite-Set-Top-Box-Solutions
IRS- Internal Revenue Service.
A man made satellite of Earth that is currently inhabited by man and is used for research.