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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 U.S. has an indefinite holdback on commercial imagery over Iran, but the Chinese companies don’t have the same restrictions,” said Bill Greer, co-founder of Common Space, a nonprofit satellite service.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

But satellite imagery shows several olive trees around the house razed to the ground.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

The company, which has been publishing analyses of the two carriers’ movements since at least last year, continued to post satellite imagery and maps purporting to show the warships’ locations since the Iran war began.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

If the move holds, the stock will broadly be back where it traded last week before a failed satellite deployment during a Blue Origin launch over the weekend.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

There is a news van with a satellite on top.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti




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