Globally, there are 1.5 billion adults who are either overweight or obese, a number expected to increase to 3 billion by 2030. The epidemic is reaching catastrophic proportions, and one of the key-if small- steps to bringing it under control is to have a common language to describe the problem.
The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1. It was the size of a basketball and was made by the USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) or Russia. It was launched on October 4, 1957.
The first launch was expected to take place around 1990. As NASA made this announcement, the first infrared telescope was launched into space by a collaborative team of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands. The Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) was an Explorer-class satellite designed to conduct the first infrared survey of the sky.