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satellite

[sat-l-ahyt] / ˈsæt lˌaɪt /
NOUN
small planet that revolves around a larger one
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NOUN
smaller country dependent upon a larger one
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The row comes as competition grows in India's satellite internet market, with Reliance Jio and Bharti Airtel also preparing to launch services.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

SpaceX maintains that it can improve upon the status quo, combining terrestrial and satellite service.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Irkutsk is a remote Siberian city home to around 500,000 people in eastern Russia, while Shelekhov is a satellite town to the city's west.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

To narrow that uncertainty, JPL geoscientist Donald Argus led the development of a new approach that relies on extremely precise satellite tracking.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

“Here’s what I’m going to do. We have a Scope on a satellite TV bird with a footprint in Ireland.”

From "Artemis Fowl" by Eoin Colfer

The technology could eventually make it possible to build antennas that change their length and direction on demand, opening up new possibilities for wireless communications, radar, satellites, and space exploration.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 9, 2026

Starlink, owned by Musk's SpaceX, uses satellites in low Earth orbit to provide internet access, particularly in remote areas where mobile networks and broadband cables are difficult or expensive to install.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Starlink, which boasts zippy connections via thousands of satellites in low Earth orbit, is becoming a dominant internet provider for airlines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

Researchers combine the laser measurements with GPS tracking and orbital information from several satellites in low Earth orbit, giving them a wider range of objects to follow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

The moons were named by him the ‘Medician stars’, in honour of Cosimo, but are known to astronomers today as the Galilean satellites of Jupiter.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin




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