Satellite ˈsætəlaɪt Information Link Earth Noun Weather/Communications/Spy Interview

• a weather/communications/spy satellite
• the interview came live by satellite from hollywood.
• they could track the tagged sea turtles by satellite.
• the information was sent via a satellite link.

satellite

1. an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for gathering information.
• a weather/communications/spy satellite
• The interview came live by satellite from Hollywood.
• They could track the tagged sea turtles by satellite.
• The information was sent via a satellite link.
• satellite television/TV/radio (= broadcast using a satellite)
• a satellite broadcast/channel/picture
• The use of satellite phones meant that journalists could report directly from the arena of the battlefront.
• My car was fitted with a satellite navigation system.
• The software enables the user to set up a satellite communications link.
• They have successfully launched satellites into orbit.

Extra Examples

• American reconnaissance satellites provide images of the earth.
• The BBC broadcast the game via satellite.
• The satellite passes over Britain every afternoon.
• The satellite will transmit the information back to earth.
• a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment
• a satellite photo of your neighbourhood
2. a natural object that moves around a larger natural object in space
• The moon is a satellite of earth.
3. a town, a country or an organization that is controlled by and depends on another larger or more powerful one
• Following the Second World War it became a satellite state of the Soviet Union.

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘follower’): from French satellite or Latin satelles, satellit- ‘attendant’.