Definition of Satellite
a man made device used to collect information while orbiting around the Earth, moon, or another planet
Examples of Satellite in a sentence
A satellite recorded images of the house from way up in the sky and displayed them on the website. 🔊
On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I which was the first satellite to orbit the earth. 🔊
Launching the first satellite was much more difficult than the space team had anticipated. 🔊
Without a satellite in space, there was no way for NASA to know that the meteor was headed towards earth. 🔊
Only eight countries have launched a satellite into orbit as a way to collect information. 🔊
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