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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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Example Sentences

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The location of smoke plumes in verified videos correspond to where the damage is visible in satellite images.

From BBC

Because the detectors do not need external power, they could be deployed in drones, satellites, and spacecraft.

From Science Daily

A March 2 satellite image of Shiraz, three days into the war, showed a reddish plume near one of the demolished launchers, indicating that nitric acid fuel was leaking from a missile.

From The Wall Street Journal

Most of these models rely heavily on satellite observations of visible flames and are based largely on fires that occur at lower latitudes.

From Science Daily

That throws the gauntlet down to AST SpaceMobile, which has long suggested that its own satellites—which are much larger but fewer in number than the thousands of Starlink craft—will offer superior performance.

From Barron's