Memoir, autobiography, biography. A memoir is a special kind of autobiography, usually involving a public portion of the authorâs life as it relates to a person, historic event, or thing. The text is about the personal knowledge and/or experiences of the author. literary agent discusses the contents of a quality memoir and how it differs from an autobiography or biography. Memoirs are perennially popular with many new books coming out each year. The bestseller, Night, by Elie Wiesel, is a memoir, not an autobiography or biography.
According to CelesTrak there are 2,691 inactive satellites in orbit. 1,490 satellites are active for a total of 4,181. [1] The UCS Satellite Database has an equivalent number. [2]
List below updated 9 July 2016. Total number of active satellites = 419 (20 November 2015) 427(9 July 2016) Name refers to the official spacecraft designation, Made up as follows: year and day of launch year 05=2005, day of year 056 is in February, A= is first item off the rocket, B= second item off the rocket etc.