What technology is dependent on Satellites/space program lessons?

[iterantunicorn93]

I'm working on a story that takes place in a sci fi world that was disinterested in space travel. So while in some ways it has things we could only dream of its also missing many things that we take for granted.

I'm just as happy to get obvious answers as I am obscure ones, since I might not have thought of them yet.

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[ffutures]

A lot of astronomy is much less detailed, and some parts of it e.g. most infra-red and x-ray astronomy probably doesn't exist. Probably no knowledge of exoplanets, much less knowledge of asteroids etc., much less warning of approaching asteroids and other potential problems. This may also impact some aspects of geology and paleontology, e.g. they may not be aware of the causes of some extinction-level events.