satellite
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Upstart rivals—the DuMont Television Network in the 1940s and ’50s, then cable TV and satellite in the 1960s—were suppressed, while only a handful of viable stations were assigned to more than 80 TV channels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
For recent Puerto Rico updates, particularly important information included satellite estimates of soil moisture, along with weather measurements and observations of streamflow and well conditions, Mocko said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 4, 2026
BBC Verify has used satellite imagery to track its journey and looked into why it travelled so far - as Jake Horton reports.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
The private practice she started in 2022 in a small suite now occupies an entire floor and a downstairs reception area, with satellite offices in Chino and downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
He was some exotic planet and I was his favorite satellite.
From "The Sun Is Also a Star" by Nicola Yoon
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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
She used GPS stations that received signals from more than 30 satellites orbiting Earth from roughly 25,000 kilometers away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
That expansion increases atmospheric drag on satellites in low Earth orbit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
The increasing quantity of satellites and debris in low-Earth orbit—roughly 100 to 1,200 miles above the planet—is raising concerns of collisions that could damage or destroy spacecraft and satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
What light do they shed on the other satellites of the Jovian system?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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Over The Moon: Planetary Vocabulary
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The Launch of Sputnik 1
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