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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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Within a day, observations from the Liverpool Telescope in the Canary Islands and NASA's Swift satellite in space showed that the object displayed the expected characteristics of an LFBOT.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

Answering those questions could help researchers estimate how large Neptune's original moons were and better understand the dramatic sequence of events that transformed the planet's satellite system into the one visible today.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

BBC Verify has also analysed satellite imagery suggesting the oil spill originated from an attack on a vessel in Omani waters on 3 August.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Russian electronic warfare disrupts the satellite navigation systems in Ukrainian drones, forcing them to drift with prevailing winds or default flight paths, rather than toward their intended targets inside Russia.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

There is a news van with a satellite on top.

From "A Heart in a Body in the World" by Deb Caletti

The government sent 50,000 aid packages weighing a total of 275 tonnes to the area, and European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen offered help from the bloc's Copernicus Earth observation satellites.

From Barron's Aug. 16, 2026

The CMEs cause beautiful auroras, and they can also affect life on Earth by causing geomagnetic storms that can knock down power grids and affect weather and communication satellites.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

The region surrounding Earth is getting more crowded as thousands of satellites and pieces of space debris move through low Earth orbit.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

The technique could also eventually support near-real-time measurements of atmospheric density around satellites.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Voyager 1 obtained excellent imagery of the other three Galilean satellites of Jupiter.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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