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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 satellite sensors showed the thick, metal frames of armored vehicles—the type used by senior Russian military officials—parked around the building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Special Operations Command last year added new software to provide near-real-time commercial satellite images on soldiers’ mobile devices, a Socom spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

It explained that the data collected by volunteers was fed into machine learning models, alongside satellite imagery.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

According to a CNN report on Sunday, satellite images show that Iran has unblocked 50 out of the 69 tunnel entrances bombed by the US and Israel at 18 underground missile facilities.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 2026

Ever since the Soviets sent up that Sputnik satellite last year, I’ve been studying really hard.

From "The Lions of Little Rock" by Kristin Levine




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