satellite
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I was immediately reminded of what Krakauer’s wife told him by satellite phone before he began his push from Everest’s base camp.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2026
The Pentagon has declined to give specific assessments of base damage, and major U.S. commercial satellite companies stopped releasing high-resolution imagery of military installations in the region early in the war.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
Michael keeps a healthy stash of power equipment as well as food - including a Starlink Mini, a small and lightweight satellite device for internet access.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2026
After an uneasy ceasefire took hold in early April, satellite imagery showed little new damage to bases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026
With Sputnik 2, the Russians had put a satellite into orbit that weighed eleven hundred pounds.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
The other half would actually be satellites transiting the sky.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Blue Origin, Google, Cowboy Space and others have all said they plan to build orbital data centers, which would likely consist of hundreds of thousands of satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
Fast-moving, light-reflecting satellites are leaving white streaks across their photographs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
SpaceX has voluntarily mitigated the brightness of its Starlink satellites, Tyson said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
The dish, one of the most distinctive landmarks on the Fairbanks skyline, had been erected to collect data from satellites equipped with synthetic aperture radar of Walt McCandless’s design.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary lists containing satellite
Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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Weather and Climate - Introductory
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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