satellite
noun
a natural body that revolves around a planet; a moon.
satellites
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pluralof satellite.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"The teams and suppliers building satellites now are the ones able to develop the next generation of a related technology, and once they disperse, they are very hard to reassemble."
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
Musk has said Terafab will be a one-of-a-kind facility that can make memory chips, logic chips and packaging used across his companies, such as for humanoid robots, satellites and data centers.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
Some want the satellites - and the ability to build them - within their own borders.
From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026
In fact, GPS also overcomes the challenge through time: A receiver uses the travel times of signals from several satellites, whose positions are known, to calculate its own position.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 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
