communications satellite

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McDowell said that a Japanese communications package that relayed information from the International Space Station to a communications satellite and then back to Earth became obsolete in 2017 when the satellite was retired.

From Seattle Times

A robotic spacecraft from Northrop Grumman latched onto an old communications satellite in deep orbit and extended its lifespan by five more years.

From The Verge

“Most of the communications satellites that exist today are flying over the equator, and they can’t see the polar region — it’s just too high of an altitude with the curvature of the Earth.”

From The Verge

It has also served as a communications satellite, relaying messages from the various landers and rovers that have visited the Martian ground during its stay.

From Scientific American

These giant objects, he says, are more of a threat than the swelling fleets of relatively small internet communications satellites that have been launched by the likes of SpaceX with plans and capabilities for deorbiting.

From Science Magazine