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]
There are 4 Galileo Satellites, which are currently un used, but are the start of the European satellite constealltion which is a work in progress. They orbit at 24,000Kms above sea level. On top of all that, there are 10 Chinese navigation satellites called COMPASS orbiting in an orbit above China and Asia.