1. Satellites is an experimental rock… Read Full Bio ↴There are five bands by this name;
1. Satellites is an experimental rock group formed in Mallorca (Mediterranean Sea) in 1996.
2. Satellites is a UK post rock band formed in 2008, whose ep 'Shorelines' shows up on this page.
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3. Satellites are a UK based band formed in 2010, who have released an EP titled 'New Eyes', available to download at http://satellitesuk.bandcamp.com.
4. Satellites is in fact not a band but one man, Englishman Johnny Vic aka John Garrison who lives in Copenhagen. He writes, plays and produces as Satellites. More information can be found on https://www.facebook.com/satellites01 http://www.satellites01.co.uk/ http://www.satellites02.co.uk/
5. Satellites is a punk rock band from Brisbane, Australia who are currently signed to Penultimate Records. The band has recently launched their Debut Album 'Black Dog' https://www.facebook.com/pg/satellitesband.
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The Satellites claim to be influenced, among others, by Television, Patti Smith, the Cure, Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, Jefferson Airplane, etc.
Discography:
* 1998: Satellites (EP)
* 1998: The Blue Box (CD)
* 2000: Single 7" Split
* 2001: Our Very Bright Darkness (CD)
* 2001: It’s a Joy (CD single)
* 2002: Nothing Came (EP)
* 2008: The Cave and the Limehouse Recordings, vol 1 (EP)
Currently working in the mix of the Cave and the Limehouse Recordins, vol 2, and the Cicely Satellites Ep-DVD.
www.satellitesmusic.com www.myspace.com/satelliteslondon
Something Bigger
Satellites Lyrics
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Don't look down just walk to me I got you
Something unpredictable just walked into the room I am in
Now it's inconceivable that I ever spent time here before
Old man with arms of steel wrapped around you
I tell myself over again, I tell myself over again
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
Re-running scenes from a sepia memory
Heading to a pinnacle ambition that's not shared by the bones
"There there now dear" go the nurses counting down to the weekend
Taking bets if he's here Monday
Run old man as fast as you can
Run, run, run fast as you can
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
The lyrics from Satellites’s song Something Bigger tell a story about a person or a situation that suddenly changes everything. The “unpredictable” element that walked into the room has the power to change one's life and make them feel like they have never existed before. The lines "Open arms across a turbulent water, don't look down just walk to me I got you" provide a sense of comfort and protection, assuring that everything will be okay as long as you don’t give up or look back.
The song also speaks about an old man with arms of steel wrapped around someone. This could represent an old person with lots of wisdom, knowledge, and experience to offer. The following lines, "Haven’t you noticed there’s something bigger" suggest that there is something we might be missing in our lives. It could be a higher purpose, a calling, or something that gives us a sense of fulfillment. The old man in the latter part of the song is re-running scenes from a sepia memory, heading towards a pinnacle ambition that's not shared by others. The nurses describe him as being almost at the end- as if he has lived his life to the fullest and it's time to go. Yet, the fast-paced "run, run, run fast as you can" tells us that there is still something to achieve before death. We should not give up or lose our spark just because we are reaching the end - perhaps the ambition has to be bigger than life itself.
Line by Line Meaning
Open arms across a turbulent water
I am willing to comfort you through any struggles or challenges you face.
Don't look down just walk to me I got you
Trust me and have faith in my ability to help guide you through uncertain times.
Something unpredictable just walked into the room I am in
An unexpected change has occurred, and I am adjusting to it.
Now it's inconceivable that I ever spent time here before
I have grown so much that it is hard to comprehend how I could have been in this situation before.
Old man with arms of steel wrapped around you
There is someone strong and supportive embracing you in your time of need.
I tell myself over again, I tell myself over again
I am reminding myself of something important.
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
Have you realized that there is a greater purpose or meaning to life?
There's an old man sitting in a home by a window
A senior citizen is spending time in a nursing home.
Re-running scenes from a sepia memory
He is recalling moments from his past that are now fuzzy and distorted.
Heading to a pinnacle ambition that's not shared by the bones
He is focusing on a goal that his body may no longer be able to physically achieve.
"There there now dear" go the nurses counting down to the weekend
The nursing staff is trying to comfort and reassure the elderly residents.
Taking bets if he's here Monday
The staff is making wagers on whether or not a resident will still be alive on Monday.
Run old man as fast as you can
Run, run, run fast as you can
The singer is urging the elderly gentleman to live life to the fullest and make the most of his remaining time.
Haven't you noticed there's something bigger
The singer once again asks if the listener has realized that there is a greater purpose or meaning to life.
Contributed by Bella M. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
@SD352-68
It’s very funny to see the field you work in be in one of your favourite YouTubers vids.(European spacecraft engineering).
This is a great video and impressive for an outsider to the industry, just a few notes.
1)The primary issue with satellites is they’re full of bespoke parts and require high grade materials, so come at a hefty price, with 90% of satellites that are washing machine sized or bigger costing 100s of millions or reaching the billions of euros. This means every loss of a satellite is a major cost. The cost of construction of satellites is often far more than cost of launch(70-150million€).
2)due to the cost of large satellites the ‘CubeSat’ was developed. These are standardised micro satellites that are fairly cheap and depending on instrumentation only cost ~€10million+. They also can be launched with other satellites making them quite affordable for universities and small scale missions. These however typically don’t include propulsion modules due to the difficulty of miniaturisation, so have very little way of avoiding collisions, and just rely on their relatively low cost to risk ratio. With this miniaturisation there is often far less redundancy in cubesats than large satellites, so these satellites often fail, so even with control systems there’s still quite a high risk of them becoming debris. These along with constellation satellites are currently part of the big increase in satellites in orbit, and this is only predicted to increase.
3) I see lots of companies that would typically rely on a few very large and expensive (€billion) geostationary satellites now are moving towards models where they will operate constellations of smaller satellites in LEO. This gives the companies more redundancy over all regions, whilst still typically costing less than the big geo sats. The risk of a small constellation of very large satellites in GEO compared to the large small sat LEO constellations is just so much lower that the debris problem is just being encouraged more and more. Many large players like airbus that used to cater towards the big satellites have started to cater and encourage standardised small sats now more and more.
TLDR: All this just means I don’t see the problem getting better, it’s just going to get worse.
There’s a small start-up industry about removing debris, however there’s no real financial incentive to build removal missions, and they are incredibly expensive, so a lot of these companies are looking close to bankruptcy, or they’re repositioning themselves to satellite production, ironically making the problem worse..
The ESA has funded and/or launched a few debris removal technology demonstrations already, with one of my favourites coming out of my former university (Surrey) called RemoveDEBRIS. It only costed about €50 million and was partially successful however as typical for small sats, it’s deployables failed to activate, so it was slow to deorbit
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@Username5H0
Perhaps I shall.
@banme2784
I work in the space industry and i look forward to the inevitable inaccuracies in this video. Edit: actually going pretty well so far. Edit2: pretty good, theres some lacking connective context like that starlink sats are the majority of satellites at this point so statistically they would have the most reporting of any kind of incident by extension. Also the idea of starlink is to fund projects to the rest of the solar system but yeah. Well done Mr. Things
@hifiteen49
You went out of your way to find vintage soviet and chinese stuff. I respect that.
Also what music did you use?
@TheHDGlacier
Mom, can we buy "Adam Curtis"
No Honey, we have Adam Curtis at home
@Wandering_Crow
boingo bongo
@CoffeeKitty.
Since OT is an absolute villan for playing that absolute banger and not citing it, the name of the song is "Космические войска" which translates to "Space Forces" for those looking to find it. one of the best things ive heard all year
@ArthurJFlamel
thank you man, youre a real one
@leahheffernan4644
i tried searching all the text he put on screen, i used song recognition api. No results
TYSM!!
@Languslangus
And its a modern song, not soviet era.