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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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A satellite earth station in Cornwall is set to play a role in Nasa launching its Artemis II mission to the Moon.

From BBC

A picture of the base by the commercial satellite company Planet Labs on the second day of the war showed three destroyed vehicles outside tunnels leading into the underground facility.

From The Wall Street Journal

The company has said solar energy will supply the data centers located on its satellites with the electricity needed to perform artificial-intelligence computations.

From The Wall Street Journal

It is the lowest level observed in 48 years of satellite monitoring.

From Barron's

He assumed there was some online resource that offered predictions or leveraged satellite images.

From Los Angeles Times