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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 two sides are talking about laying underwater cables to link Europe and Canada, and jointly constructing data centers, cloud storage and new satellite networks beyond the reach of American tech giants.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 13, 2026

Nature reported last week satellite image analysis showed some warning signs before the disaster, which, had they been spotted, could have flagged the area "as a hotspot warranting closer attention and monitoring".

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

With few indications that there will be any development in the next week, this will mean the longest stretch into in a season where no hurricane has formed in the modern satellite era.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

That’s the highest such temperature in the modern record of satellite data, according to Michelle L’Heureux, El Niño team lead at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 10, 2026

The Space Age began when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in 1957.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

Amazon deployed enough satellites to begin “initial service” in July, according to Chris Weber, an executive at Amazon Leo, following a mission with United Launch Alliance.

From MarketWatch Sep. 8, 2026

Ministers said they wanted to create jobs and help Britain and its partners launch satellites without relying on countries "further afield".

From BBC Sep. 8, 2026

SpaceX completed its 80th Starlink launch of the year on Sunday, sending 27 satellites to low-Earth orbit from California.

From Barron's Sep. 7, 2026

Glaciologist Mauri Pelto of Nichols College has also been tracking the iceberg using imagery from NASA-USGS Landsat satellites.

From Science Daily Sep. 4, 2026

If the ring were not so close to Saturn, this effect would not be so strong, and the particles could accrete, making small snowballs and eventually growing into satellites.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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