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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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Space startups like the U.K. satellite manufacturer Open Cosmos and Spanish reusable-rocket maker PLD Space have also recently closed new funding rounds.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

He secretly took the American's backpack, containing his MacBook, a satellite transmitter and other personal items, for regime operatives to look through, multiple sources say.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Analysts said satellite imagery showed that Saudi Arabia had expanded facilities for maintaining and manufacturing the missiles.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

Researchers made the discovery using satellite observations of the huge plume created by the eruption.

From Science Daily Sep. 15, 2026

There were satellite dishes and food trucks and newspeople everywhere.

From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin

“If capacity doesn’t keep pace with demand, more satellites are going to sit on the ground.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 22, 2026

More than 200 satellites are now active in that constellation, according to Jack Congram, a researcher covering China’s space industry.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

For comparison, it’s estimated that SpaceX has roughly 11,100 working Starlink satellites, according to data from the astronomer Jonathan McDowell.

From MarketWatch Sep. 20, 2026

Photoreconnaissance satellites spy on what adversaries are doing.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

All 3 billion of us are being connected by telephones, radios, television sets, airplanes, satellites, harangues on public-address systems, newspapers, magazines, leaflets dropped from great heights, words got in edgewise.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas




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