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.
An engineering group would be responsible for the product. The US Jet Propulsion Laboratory in conjunction with the US army and navy was launched in 1958. This was the first observation/monitoring satellite successfully launched. Remote sensing is done using a photographic camera. This was performed in the 1860s using hot air balloons.