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Satellite Definition–noun | 1. | Astronomy. a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon. |
| 2. | a country under the domination or influence of another. |
| 3. | something, as a branch office or an off-campus facility of a university, that depends on, accompanies, or serves something else. |
| 4. | an attendant or follower of another person, often subservient or obsequious in manner. |
| 5. | a device designed to be launched into orbit around the earth, another planet, the sun, etc. |
–adjective | 6. | of, pertaining to, or constituting a satellite: the nation's new satellite program. |
| 7. | subordinate to another authority, outside power, or the like: summoned to a conference of satellite nations. |
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natural object (moon) or spacecraft (artificial satellite) orbiting a larger astronomical body. Most known natural satellites orbit planets; the Earth's Moon is the most obvious example.Earth satellite
man-made object launched into a temporary or permanent orbit around the Earth. Spacecraft of this type may be either manned or unmanned, the latter being the most common.satellite observatory
Earth-orbiting spacecraft that allows celestial objects and radiation to be studied from above the atmosphere. Astronomy from Earth's surface is limited to observation in those parts of the ...
satellite communication
in telecommunication, the use of artificial satellites to provide communications links between various points on Earth. Communications satellites relay voice, video, and data signals between widely ...
weather satellite
any of a class of Earth satellites designed to monitor meteorological conditions (see Earth satellite).Satellite TV
By the end of 1996, several thousand artificial satellites were circling the Earth. About 1,000 of them were in a geosynchronous orbit--that is, they were located over the Equator--at an altitude of ...
Infrared Astronomical Satellite
U.S.-U.K.-Netherlands satellite launched in 1983 that was the first space observatory to map the entire sky at infrared wavelengths.Comsat
private corporation authorized by the U.S. Congress in 1962 to develop commercial communications satellite systems. It was officially incorporated in 1963, with 50 percent of the stock being sold to ...
Landsat
any of a series of unmanned U.S. scientific satellites. The first three Landsat satellites were launched in 1972, 1975, and 1978. These satellites were primarily designed to collect information about ...
Hipparcos
Earth-orbiting satellite launched by the European Space Agency in 1989 that over the next four years measured the distances to more than 100,000 stars by direct triangulation using observations of ...
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