Comsat

American  

[kom-sat] / ˈkɒmˌsæt /

Trademark.

1. a privately owned corporation servicing the global communications satellite system and acting as the U.S. representative to and participant in Intelsat.

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noun

1. (often lowercase) a communications satellite.

Comsat British  

/ ˈkɒmsæt /

noun

1. short for communications satellite

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Etymology

Origin of Comsat

Com(munications) Sat(ellite Corporation)

Example Sentences

The team back then was owned by Comsat subsidiary Ascent Entertainment.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2022

Before joining Comsat and moving to the Washington area in 1967 he worked 23 years for ITT in New York, where he designed microwave communications.

From Washington Post • Dec. 30, 2018

When our government back in the early sixties privatized Comsat, most every grandmother with means in the country bought 10 shares for each of her grandchildren.

From Forbes • Sep. 23, 2014

In 1977, he became communications director of Satellite Business Systems, an effort by Comsat, IBM and Aetna life insurance to provide satellite telecommunications services for businesses.

From Washington Post • Mar. 6, 2010

Marisat-satellites of the Comsat Corporation that participate in the Inmarsat system.

From The 1998 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency