space satellite

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Virgin Orbit, the bankrupt space satellite start-up backed by Richard Branson, has sold its remaining assets and will shut down.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

"According to preliminary information, this phenomenon was the result of a Nasa space satellite falling to Earth," Mr Popko said.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2023

Space Command to President John Kennedy’s call to action after the Soviet Union started the space race with Sputnik, the first space satellite launched in 1957, and with 1961’s first manned trip into space.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 9, 2019

Pan was the main architect of the world’s first quantum-communications space satellite, also called Micius, after an ancient Chinese philosopher.

From Nature • Apr. 28, 2019

They didn't know what we were up to, but they decided to put a stop to it, so they dropped an abandoned space satellite on it.

From Fifty Per Cent Prophet by Garrett, Randall