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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 early-stage discussions for a tie-up, first reported late Friday by Bloomberg, could lead to the creation of an advertising behemoth with large footprints across terrestrial and satellite radio.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

In a Weibo post Monday, the company said satellite imagery had revealed the construction of a new hangar at a Pakistani air base.

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

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

The Space Age began when the Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik I, in 1957.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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