satellite
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Other information will be broadcast via satellite vehicles from a select number of journalists at emergency centres around the UK, which will carry on as long as the diesel lasts.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026
This halo contains scattered stars, gas, and dark matter, along with faint satellite galaxies, star clusters, and other structures that preserve clues about the Milky Way's past.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
The second-largest business of SpaceX is communications, which includes its highly profitable Starlink broadband satellite network.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
Developing targets currently relies less on AI than intelligence reports, satellite imagery and other human-led investigatory work, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
He broke up into gales of laughter just as the network cut his satellite feed.
From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline
Large galaxies such as the Milky Way are surrounded by smaller companions known as satellites.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2026
It accounts for the vast majority of satellites and other craft put into orbit largely by its Falcon 9 rocket, which is launched from Florida and Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026
“Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now,” Musk wrote in a post on X, referring to his plan to eventually operate orbital satellites that can function as data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026
SaxaVord in Unst is the UK's first fully-licensed spaceport with several companies interested in using the site to launch small satellites into orbit.
From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026
But the satellites tended to take care of themselves.
From "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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