communications satellite

Example Sentences

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McDowell said that a Japanese communications package that relayed information from the International Space Station to a communications satellite and then back to Earth became obsolete in 2017 when the satellite was retired.

From Seattle Times

He was hoping to catch a glimpse of an early U.S. communications satellite called Echo.

From Washington Post

Just last weekend, SpaceX launched a communications satellite called Globalstar-2, but satellite trackers believe the mission also carried covert payloads, which may or may not be related to the US military.

From The Verge

South Korea used a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX, the company founded by Elon Musk, to place its first military communications satellite into orbit in July last year.

From New York Times

More than 2,000 communications satellites currently orbit our planet, and with current plans, the total could reach 100,000 in the next 10 years.

From Scientific American