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constellation

[kon-stuh-ley-shuhn] / ˌkɒn stəˈleɪ ʃən /




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These meteors are visible all around the world and named because they appear to originate from the constellation Perseus.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The outlook comes as AST SpaceMobile expands its satellite constellation and adds commercial and government contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

So yes: The Rams are a constellation of stars.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

The upper stage deployed 20 Starlink V3 satellites, a test SpaceX said "will provide critical data as we prepare to expand our Starlink constellation" of the company's satellite internet service.

From Barron's Jul. 25, 2026

They circled each other playfully before settling to the right among a cluster of smaller stars, forming a new constellation just below Ursa Major—woman and her two children, forever reunited in the sky.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall

U.S. companies and government agencies have set out ambitious plans to deploy their own constellations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 30, 2026

The study is the first to calculate how much the constellations of big and particularly bright satellites being planned would impact astronomical observations by making the night sky brighter.

From Barron's Jul. 1, 2026

Although satellite constellations such as Starlink and Amazon Leo have demonstrated that doing this is possible, the amount of data sent to and from space would balloon.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Then Golding wrote, “Softly, surrounded by a fringe of inquisitive bright creatures, itself a silver shape beneath the steadfast constellations, Simon’s dead body moved out towards the open sea.”

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 9, 2026

He sighs as the stones fall on the dirt in the shapes of new constellations.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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