satellite
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The private practice she started in 2022 in a small suite now occupies an entire floor and a downstairs reception area, with satellite offices in Chino and downtown Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
But fragments of video and satellite imagery from before and after the disaster have begun to reveal the scale of the destruction.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
The dark transits, delayed satellite imagery and other hurdles to keeping track of Hormuz flows contributed to the more recent data being subject to upward revisions, Smith said.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026
The ice-tongue speed-up period was independently confirmed by satellite observations.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 30, 2026
In 1996 the Wall Street Journal ran a splendid article on the nuisance of satellite navigation devices, cellphones, and other such appliances in the wilderness.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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She used GPS stations that received signals from more than 30 satellites orbiting Earth from roughly 25,000 kilometers away.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
That expansion increases atmospheric drag on satellites in low Earth orbit.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 1, 2026
During the first part of the mission, Roman communicates with controllers using the Near Space Network, a system of ground stations and relay satellites that handles tracking, telemetry, and commands.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The increasing quantity of satellites and debris in low-Earth orbit—roughly 100 to 1,200 miles above the planet—is raising concerns of collisions that could damage or destroy spacecraft and satellites.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
McKinley and its satellites surrender to the low Kantishna plain, a series of lesser ridges, known as the Outer Range, sprawls across the flats like a rumpled blanket on an unmade bed.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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