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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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SpaceX's Starlink satellite internet business is the clear financial engine of the company, generating $11.4 billion in revenue in 2025, up nearly 50 percent year-on-year.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Then video reports began connecting to satellite linkups, and international journalists who’d braved Russian checkpoints got west and filed their dispatches.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

The company's satellite internet service, Starlink, is already generating most of SpaceX's revenue and profit.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

Ochwat and study co author Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the University of Colorado Boulder, said new satellite technologies could significantly improve scientists' understanding of rapid glacier retreat.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

Seeing the scale, seeing the satellite imagery make it real.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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