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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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Amazon is also behind on its own satellite plans.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 20, 2026

He met me in Lake Alfred, at the site of its University of Florida satellite campus.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

A federal judge halted the $6.2 billion merger of television station giants Nexstar Media Group and Tegna after eight states and satellite broadcaster DirecTV sued to block the deal on antitrust grounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

Gould points to teams at Goonhilly Earth Station, the satellite communications centre that supported the Artemis mission, as proof that "space work was not just something that happens in America".

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2026

We couldn’t get a three-pound satellite off the ground.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson




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