About this coloring page
A satellite floats among the stars with a square body marked by three lines. A wing of solar panels stretches out on each side, each one a neat grid of six squares. An antenna with a ball on top rises above, and a teardrop-shaped dish with a round center hangs below. Sparkles and dots fill the space around it.
Twelve panel squares in two grids make this a great page for patient coloring and for counting. Kids can color the grids in a pattern, alternating colors square by square, to practice planning ahead.
Color ideas
- Fill the solar panel squares dark blue, or alternate blue and purple for a checkerboard.
- Color the square body shiny gold, like the foil wrapping on many real satellites.
- Make the antenna ball red and the teardrop dish silver with a dark center.
Did you know?
- The first human-made satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
- Satellites help us every day by sending TV signals, helping phones find their location and watching clouds for weather forecasts.
- The Moon is Earth's natural satellite, because it travels around our planet the same way.
Try this
Walk in a slow circle around a chair or a ball that stands for Earth, so your child can feel what it means for a satellite to orbit.
