⭐ Kids' series · ages 4 to 7

Every satellite has a superpower!

Meet Pedro and his satellite friends. Together they watch Earth from above, solve problems and discover the world — with superpowers inspired by real satellites.

Optee Linky Navee
Look up to the sky! ☝️
Pedro, the astronaut boy, pointing at the sky
Our motto

Culture, Discovery and Teamwork

Nobody can do everything alone: when one friend can't do it, another friend's superpower helps.

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Culture

Places, festivals, landscapes and people from all over the world — Brazil included — seen from above.

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Discovery

Every story answers a real question a child would ask.

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Teamwork

Problems get solved only when friends combine their superpowers.

The crew

Meet the Satwatchers crew

Click each friend to flip the card and see the real science behind them.

Up above

Where does each satellite live?

Each friend flies at a different height around Earth. (Not to scale — Climato lives waaay farther away!)

Low Earth orbit
Optee
SARLINO
Linky
Medium Earth orbit
Navee
Geostationary orbit
Climato
🧒 The simple way to explain it: Optee, SARLINO and Linky fly close to Earth and go around it many times a day. Navee flies much higher. Climato lives far, far away and turns along with Earth, always watching the same side.
Where it all happens

The places of the series

Pedro never goes to space: he works right here on Earth, talking to his friends by radio and on the big screen.

Mission operations center

Mission Control

Giant screens, maps of Earth and the radio that talks to the satellites. This is where Pedro calls the crew.

Outside view of the space center

The Space Center

The crew's home base, seen from outside.

Launch pad

Launch Pad

Rocket Pop's home!

Playtime

Who should Pedro call?

Read the problem and pick the friend with the right superpower!

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Rocket Pop

Help Rocket Pop blast off!

He's the goofiest of the crew and always messes up the countdown… Press the button and see what happens. Then shout along: “3, 2, 1… POP goes the rocket!”

Ready?
Rocket Pop, the rocket
Free for everyone

Download and play for free!

Printables and games with the Satwatchers crew.

Crew cards
Printable PDF

Crew cards

Cut out the 7 characters, each with their superpower, and play "Who should Pedro call?".

Plays in the browser

Game: Orbit Mission

Problems pop up on Earth and kids call the right satellite. Pedro reads everything aloud!

Did you know?

Space fun facts

1957

Sputnik 1 became the first satellite ever. It was the size of a beach ball and went “beep-beep” on the radio!

1969

Neil Armstrong became the first person to walk on the Moon, on the Apollo 11 mission.

1972

is when Landsat started taking pictures of Earth. It inspired Optee!

10,000+

working satellites around Earth today.

90 min

is how long the Space Station takes to go around Earth. You can see it in the sky: a bright dot that moves and doesn't blink!

28,000

km/h (17,500 mph) is how fast a satellite in low orbit has to go sideways to keep from falling. Satellites farther away, like Climato, can go slower!