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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

Venture capitalist Marc Andreessen described it as a "Sputnik moment" -- referencing the 1957 launch of Earth's first artificial satellite by the Soviet Union that stunned the Western world.

From Barron's • Apr. 24, 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

Vanguard was the United States’s International Geophysical Year satellite program, and von Braun, since he worked for the Army, was somehow too tainted by that association to make the first American try for orbit.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam




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