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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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It featured solar arrays that made the satellite far longer than the company’s Starship rocket, which is around 400 feet tall.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Its latest mission failed after Blue Origin failed to send the BlueBird 7 satellite to the proper orbit.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

The spacecraft's imager will also perform "satellite search" observations around Mars.

From Science Daily • May 11, 2026

She begins, in fact, with rolling satellite images from space — as if to say: This appropriation of nature is the world’s problem, not just Argentina’s.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

Launching a satellite was something the United States had been working on without much success.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson




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