satellites in English

noun

1

an artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.

The crash was recorded by the US Space Command, which tracks around 8000 artificial satellites in Earth orbit.

synonyms: space station, space capsule, spacecraft, communications satellite, weather satellite

2

a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.

Deep in the outer reaches of the Solar system, a planet, orbited by two moons and several satellites , moved in its orbit around the star known as the Sun by the system's inhabitants.

synonyms: moon, secondary planet

3

something that is separated from or on the periphery of something else but is nevertheless dependent on or controlled by it.

satellite offices in London and New York

4

a portion of the DNA of a genome with repeating base sequences and of different density from the main sequence.

noun

space station, space capsule, spacecraft, communications satellite, weather satellite
moon, secondary planet
branch, colony, protectorate, puppet state, possession, holding, fief, vassal, offshoot
orbiter, artificial satellite
planet

Use "satellites" in a sentence

1. Earth observation satellites.

2. Satellites revolve around their planets.

3. The GSAT satellites are India's indigenously developed communications satellites, used for digital audio, data and video broadcasting.

4. Venus has no natural satellites.

5. Report your status.Two operational satellites, sir

6. Astrium Satellites is prime contractor for all three next-generation Skynet 5 satellites and the associated ground infrastructure.

7. Satellites for use in earth observation

8. There are seven Zeus satellites orbiting Earth.

9. Capitalise names of stars, planets, satellites, etc

10. Solar panels are used to power satellites.

11. Satellites route data all over the globe.

12. Man’s satellites can send messages to earth.

13. Stars, satellites, blinking airplanes -- typical sky junk.

14. 30 The first satellites placed in geostationary orbit were the synchronous communication(SYNCOM)satellites launched by NASA in 19

15. What are the orbits of the satellites?

16. About 100 Russian satellites are orbiting the earth.

17. Numbers in parentheses refer to non-operational satellites.

18. NOAA will analyze and archive data from satellites.

19. Satellites are uniquely suited to provide this information.

20. But these satellites were designed for weather, not climate.

21. The device is not designed to transmit to satellites.

22. Before the regression, they used them to move satellites.

23. Both satellites pursue nearly circular, equatorial orbits about Mars.

24. Words are the new weapons, satellites the new artillery

25. The first military use of satellites was for reconnaissance.

26. equipment designed or modified for manned aircraft or satellites;

27. Twenty-six satellites scouring the world for your map.

28. Earth observation satellites are satellites intended for non-military uses such as environmental monitoring, meteorology, map making etc. (See especially Earth Observing System.)

29. Carrying many transponders, such satellites can provide multichannel circuits.

30. I've got nat recon satellites all over the ward.

31. The use of satellites has since come a long way.

32. Our satellites are running facial, biometric and behavioral pattern scans.

33. NB: The satellites are not available to law enforcement agencies.

34. Baro-Aiding requires four satellites and a barometric altimeter input

35. Extensive use is also made of communications and spy satellites.

36. There are 30,000 satellites orbiting the Earth at this moment.

37. Crucem et Abjectionem, qui unico verbo in passione prostravit satellites.--- IV

38. • Law and commercial activity in outer space; communication satellites (Galilei System

39. The international Afternoon Constellation includes the A-Train satellites (OCO-2, GCOM-W1, Aqua, and Aura) as well as the C-Train satellites (CALIPSO and CloudSat)

40. Pretty much all the satellites had been whacked out of orbit.

41. The government has invested in building satellites through the RazakSAT programme.

42. 26 Rockets and artificial satellites can go far above the ionosphere.

43. Weather satellites are primarily used to monitor Earth's weather and climate.

44. The satellites were carried by Shavit rockets launched from Palmachim Airbase.

45. The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit satellites for backward compatibility with BeiDou-1, and 30 non-geostationary satellites (27 in medium Earth orbit and 3 in inclined geosynchronous orbit), that will offer complete coverage of the globe.

46. It is a member of the Inuit group of irregular satellites.

47. Due to atmospheric drag, satellites do not usually orbit below 300 km.

48. Biosatellites are satellites designed to carry living organisms, generally for scientific experimentation.

49. Israeli security industries developed both the satellites (Ofeq) and the launchers (Shavit).

50. By now, putting satellites in orbit is old hat to space scientists.