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A satellite or an artificial satellite is an object, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. They have a variety of uses, including...

Look up Satellite, satellite, or satellites in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed...

Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly...

Satellite navigation (satnav) or satellite positioning is the use of satellites for navigation or geopositioning. A global navigation satellite system...

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...

mapping platform and consumer application developed by Google. It offers satellite imagery, aerial photography, street maps, 360° interactive panoramic views...

Odin is a Swedish satellite working in two disciplines: astrophysics and aeronomy. It was named after Odin of Norse mythology. Within the field of astrophysics...

another natural satellite). Natural satellites are colloquially referred to as moons, by analogy with the Moon, Earth's natural satellite. In English, the...

A satellite phone (also called a satellite telephone or satphone) is a type of mobile phone that connects to the public switched telephone network through...

A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control...

The Plymouth Satellite is a mid-size automobile introduced in the 1965 model year as the top trim model in Plymouth's "B" platform Belvedere line. Available...

Satellite tracker or satellite tracking may refer to: GPS tracking unit, that uses satellite navigation Satellite watching, hobby of tracking artificial...

communication satellite. The term most commonly means a dish which receives direct-broadcast satellite television from a direct broadcast satellite in geostationary...

Look up satellite in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Look up branch in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A satellite campus, branch campus, or regional...

began launching Starlink satellites in 2019. As of June 2026[update], the network consisted of approximately 10,413 satellites (10,397 operational) in...

footprint of a communications satellite is the ground area that its transponders offer coverage, and determines the satellite dish diameter required to receive...

briefly captured by telescopes. All together, Jupiter's moons form a satellite system, colloquially referred to as the Jovian system. The most massive...

Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites...

Satellite flare, also known as satellite glint, is a brief and bright "flare" in visibility of an satellite. It is caused by the temporary direct reflection...

Riruta, also known as Riruta Satellite, is a settlement in the Dagoretti area of Nairobi. It is approximately 9.4 kilometres (5.8 mi) west of the central...

The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based hyperbolic navigation system owned by the United States Space Force and operated by Mission Delta...

Satellite delay is the noticeable latency due to the limited speed of light, when sending data to and from satellites, especially distant geosynchronous...

The Coriolis satellite is a Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) and Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Earth and space observation satellite launched from...

Skynet is a family of military communications satellites, now operated by Babcock International on behalf of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence (MOD)...

The Global Geospace Science (GGS) Polar satellite was a NASA science spacecraft designed to study the polar magnetosphere and aurorae. It was launched...

A satellite village is a term for one or more settlements that have arisen within the outskirts of a larger one. Normally people would live in a satellite...

A satellite city or satellite town is a smaller municipality or settlement that is part of (or on the edge of) a larger metropolitan area and serves as...

build, develop, launch and operate the satellites. All five satellites were identical to each other. The satellites from Ghana (GhanaSat-1) and Bangladesh...

 'Zenith', IPA: [zʲɪˈnʲit]) was a series of military photoreconnaissance satellites launched by the Soviet Union between 1961 and 1994. To conceal their nature...

the Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, together with two other satellites. Munin was developed by the Swedish Institute of Space Physics in cooperation...

Satellite radio is defined by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU)'s ITU Radio Regulations (RR) as a broadcasting-satellite service. The satellite's...

A satellite constellation is a group of artificial satellites working together as a system. Unlike a single satellite, a constellation can provide permanent...

The Satellite Circuit was a temporary cycling venue constructed for the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. This venue hosted the road cycling individual...

The Satellite Pro (also formerly the Satellite) is a line of consumer-oriented laptop computers designed and manufactured by Dynabook Inc. of Japan, which...

small satellite, miniaturized satellite, or smallsat is a satellite of low mass and size, usually under 1,200 kg (2,600 lb). While all such satellites can...

A quasi-satellite is an object in a specific type of co-orbital configuration (1:1 orbital resonance) with a planet (or dwarf planet) where the object...

reconnaissance satellite or intelligence satellite (commonly, although unofficially, referred to as a spy satellite) is an Earth observation satellite or communications...

Satcom, a portmanteau of satellite communications, was a brand of artificial geo-stationary communications satellites originally developed and operated...

Satellite gravimetry is the study of Earth's gravity field using satellites. It focuses on how changes in the distribution of snow, ice, and the Earth's...

Trailblazer was a technology demonstration satellite, which was to have been operated by the United States Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency. It...

Satellite Spies was a New Zealand band formed in 1984 by Deane Sutherland and Mark Loveys. The group enjoyed some success with "Destiny in Motion" (1985)...

From Satellite is an alternative rock band from Ventura, California. They have gained most of their recognition from touring with Hoobastank and Alien...

(misidentified as Satellite and Missile Observation System) or SAMOS-E program was a relatively short-lived series of reconnaissance satellites for the United...

Satellite DNA, also known as highly repetitive DNA, consists of very large arrays of tandemly repeating, non-coding DNA. Satellite DNA is the main component...

The CORONA program was a series of American strategic reconnaissance satellites produced and operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Directorate...

The Moon is the only natural satellite of Earth. It orbits around Earth at an average distance of 384,399 kilometers (238,854 mi), a distance roughly...

A balloon satellite, sometimes referred to as a "satelloon", is a satellite inflated with gas after it has been put into orbit. The first flying body...

Satellite airfields are landing strips not regarded as main airfields as such but must be taken as a substitute in one way to a larger nearby airfield...

Aryabhata was India's first satellite, named after the astronomer of the same name. It was launched on 19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket...

Satellite geodesy is geodesy by means of artificial satellites—the measurement of the form and dimensions of Earth, the location of objects on its surface...

In computing, Red Hat Satellite is a systems-management product by the company “Red Hat”. It allows system administrators to deploy and manage Red Hat...

Satellite Shankar is a 2019 Indian Hindi-language action drama film written and directed by Irfan Kamal. The film starring Sooraj Pancholi and Megha Akash...

A satellite tornado is a tornado that revolves around a larger, primary tornado and interacts with the same mesocyclone. Satellite tornadoes occur apart...

tallest in the Solar System. Twenty-five of the confirmed moons are regular satellites; they have prograde orbits not greatly inclined to Saturn's equatorial...

Satellite watching or satellite spotting is a hobby which consists of the observation and tracking of artificial satellites that are orbiting Earth. People...

The Satellite Awards are annual awards given by the International Press Academy that are commonly noted in entertainment industry journals and blogs....

The Satellite Test of the Equivalence Principle (STEP) is a proposed (as of 2014[update]) space science experiment to test the equivalence principle of...

seen if he had seen any satellites besides Titania and Oberon, did not correspond to any of Herschel's four additional satellites in orbital characteristics...

A satellite bus (or spacecraft bus) is the main body and structural component of a satellite or spacecraft, in which the payload and all scientific instruments...

Billy Satellite was an American rock band based in Oakland, California. They are perhaps best known for composing and performing "I Wanna Go Back," which...

reconnaissance satellite program of the People's Republic of China. To date, the Tianyan satellite program has launched one satellite from the Yizheng...

जुगनू), is an Indian technology demonstration and remote sensing CubeSat satellite which was operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. Built...

Satellite Reign is a 2015 cyberpunk real-time tactics video game developed and published by 5 Lives Studios. The game was released for Windows, macOS...

FSK Satellite was an Italian hip-hop ensemble active from 2017 to 2021. FSK Satellite was formed in 2017 in Genoa, by Chiello, Taxi B, and Sapobully,...

Challenging Minisatellite Payload (CHAMP) was a German satellite launched July 15, 2000 from Plesetsk, Russia and was used for atmospheric and ionospheric...

(multicast) — in contrast to delivery through traditional terrestrial, satellite, and cable transmission formats — as well as video on demand services...

Satellites can be divided into two major groups: satellite viruses and satellite nucleic acids. Satellite viruses, which are most commonly associated with...

A satellite truck or SNG truck is a mobile communications satellite ground station mounted on a truck chassis as a platform. Employed in remote television...

Satellite refuelling is the operation of replenishing on board propellants and other consumables in satellites in orbit, e.g. in geostationary orbit around...

The People's Satellite (Ukrainian: Народний супутник, romanized: Narodnyy suputnyk) is an ICEYE satellite acquired by the Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundation...

Satellite Football Club is a Guinean football club whose team plays in the Ligue 1 Pro. Their home games are played at the 25,000-capacity Stade du 28...

Core & Satellite Portfolio Management is an investment strategy that incorporates traditional fixed-income and equity-based securities (i.e., index funds...

Satellite Internet access is Internet access provided through communication satellites; if it can sustain high speeds, it is termed satellite broadband...

A zombie satellite is a satellite that begins communicating again after an extended period of inactivity. It is a type of space debris, which describes...

The Satellite Sisters is an internet-based podcast that originated as a syndicated radio program broadcast on Public Radio International and ABC News...

geosynchronous satellite is a satellite in geosynchronous orbit, with an orbital period the same as the Earth's rotation period. Such a satellite returns to...

Tianhui (天绘) is a military Chinese series of Earth observation satellites. Gunter Krebs. "Tianhui 1-01, 1-02, 1-03, 1-04 (TH 1-01, 1-02, 1-03, 1-04)"....

LARES (Laser Relativity Satellite) is a passive satellite system of the Italian Space Agency. LARES 1 was launched into orbit on 13 February 2012 at 10:00:00...

Captain Satellite was an afternoon TV program on KTVU-2 in Oakland, California. Like many kids' shows of this period, it took advantage of the interest...

Satellite Chemical Co Ltd (STL) (Chinese: 卫星化学), formerly known as Zhejiang Satellite Petrochemical Co Ltd (Chinese: 浙江卫星石化), formerly known as Zhejiang...

Artificial satellites are human-made spacecraft placed into orbit around Earth or another celestial body. They are distinct from natural satellites such as...

The Ohsumi ( or Ōsumi, おおすみ) satellite, Japan’s first artificial satellite, was launched on February 11, 1970, at 04:25 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)...

Magnum was a class of SIGINT spy satellites reportedly operated by the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) for the United States Central Intelligence...

Research Satellite Heuristic International Networking Experiment) series of three (later, a fourth one was also launched) artificial satellites were student...

Sirius was a constellation of communications satellites operated at 5.0° East in geostationary orbit (GEO) by NSAB (later SES Sirius, and now a non-autonomous...

Electra is a satellite development project initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA) as the first partnership project under its ARTES-33 programme...

also spelled Sorayya, is an Iranian remote sensing satellite of the SRI series of research satellites built by the Iranian Space Research Center and sent...

messages and a telemetry data packet in AX25 protocol. The UNOSAT scientific satellite had the following characteristics: UNOSAT Nanosatellite characteristics:...

A satellite dispenser is a space tug usually released from the upper stage (sometimes called kick stage) of a rocket and designed to fly small secondary...

"Sleeping Satellite" is a song by British singer-songwriter Tasmin Archer. It was released on 1 September 1992 by EMI Records as the first single from...

spacecraft are weather observation satellites launched by the Soviet Union and Russia since the Cold War. The Meteor satellite series was initially developed...

stations. The scope of this list is limited to channels broadcast via cable, satellite or terrestrial providers only and does not include channels streamed exclusively...

Petey (or 3CS-3) was a satellite, part of Three Corner Satellite (3CS) project, a three satellite (Sparkie, Ralphie and Petey) student research project...

family of satellites designed, launched and tested by Hughes Space and Communications (now part of Boeing Satellite Systems) for British Satellite Broadcasting...

GS Group (before 2013 known as General Satellite) is the largest Russian developer and producer of set-top boxes for television. Since 1991 the company...

A weather satellite or meteorological satellite is a type of Earth observation satellite that is primarily used to monitor the weather and climate of the...

of a series of Turkish communications satellites operated or projected by the state-owned Türksat A.Ş. Satellite telecommunication is provided by the Gölbaşı...

The Advanced Research and Global Observation Satellite (ARGOS) was launched on 23 February 1999 carrying nine payloads for research and development missions...

Modular Optimized Satellite") is a series of Israeli communications satellites operated by Israel-based Spacecom. All AMOS satellites were developed by...

The Anik satellites are a series of geostationary communications satellites launched for Telesat Canada for television, voice and data in Canada and other...

Satellite Party was an alternative rock band formed by Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell following the break-up of Jane's Addiction in 2004. Other...

Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world's first purpose-built communications satellite. Launched on December 18,1958, SCORE provided the first broadcast of a...

A satellite galaxy is a smaller companion galaxy that travels on bound orbits within the gravitational potential of a more massive and luminous host galaxy...

geostationary communication satellites, both individually and as a group, which are owned and operated by SES, a global satellite operator based in Betzdorf...

Vela was the name of a group of reconnaissance satellites developed as the Vela Hotel element of Project Vela by the United States to detect nuclear detonations...

Satellite formation flying is the coordination of multiple satellites to accomplish the objective of one larger, usually more expensive, satellite. Coordinating...

a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center. Its current name was adopted in 2017. This satellite is functionally identical...

USS Satellite is a name used more than once by the United States Navy: USS Satellite (1854), an American Civil War tugboat commissioned at the New York...

A satellite router is an Indoor Unit (IDU) that contains a modulator and a demodulator and is one of the essential components of a VSAT. Modern VSAT systems...

Aquacade, previously designated Rhyolite, was a class of SIGINT spy satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Central...

(Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite) is a planned multi-orbit satellite internet constellation to be deployed by the European...

SS Satellite was the first tender owned by Cunard Line, operated on the river Mersey between 1848 and 1902. Satellite was a ship's tender owned by Cunard...

SPOT (French: Satellite Pour l’Observation de la Terre, lit. "Satellite for observation of Earth") is a commercial high-resolution optical Earth observation...

Strictly speaking, a satellite collision is when two satellites collide while in orbit around a third, much larger body, such as a planet or moon. This...

ˈspʊtnɪk/, Russian: Спутник-1, Satellite 1), often referred to as simply Sputnik, was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was launched into an elliptical...

Sparkie (or 3CS-1) was a satellite, part of the Three Corner Satellite (3CS) project, a three satellite (Sparkie, Ralphie and Petey) student research project...

"Satellite of Love" is a song by American musician Lou Reed. It is the second single from his 1972 album Transformer. At the time of its release, it achieved...

Biomass is an Earth observing satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA) launched in 2025. The mission is intended to provide the first comprehensive...

Look up satellite town in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Satellite Town or Satellite City may refer to: Satellite city, a concept of urban planning...

This is a list of the satellites operated by Optus, an Australian telecommunications company. The satellite communications facility is located at Belrose...

Молния, IPA: [ˈmolnʲɪjə] , "Lightning") series satellites were military and communications satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1965 to 1991,...

provides satellite radio and online radio services operating in the United States. The company was formed by the 2008 merger of Sirius Satellite Radio and...

Satellite City is a Welsh sitcom, originally a radio show on BBC Radio Wales in 1994 and later a TV version made by BBC Wales and first broadcast in 1996...

Satellite system may refer to: Satellite system (astronomy), a collection of objects orbiting around a planetary mass object Satellite constellation, a...

Harmony is a European Earth observing satellite mission projected to launch in 2029 or 2030. The mission concept, belonging to the ESA's FutureEO programme...

The Black Knight satellite conspiracy theory claims that a spacecraft of extraterrestrial origin is in near-polar orbit of the Earth, and that NASA is...

mission by the European Space Agency (ESA). The primary payload of the satellite is a passive reflectometer for GNSS reflectometry measuring sea state...

Satellite Snowfield (71°28′S 69°45′W / 71.467°S 69.750°W / -71.467; -69.750) is a snowfield at the southeast side of the Walton Mountains situated...

Satellite insurance is a specialized branch of aviation insurance in which, as of 2000, about 20 insurers worldwide participate directly. Others participate...

a Britain's first Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) satellite operated by United Kingdom Space Command. It was launched on 16 August...

Hermes was an American satellite which was to have been operated by the Colorado Space Grant Consortium. Intended to perform technology demonstration...

the launch of Tsikada, a Russian navigation satellite and FAISAT, a United States communications satellite. It carried an Energetic Neutral Atom imager...

borne the name HMS Satellite: HMS Satellite (1806) was a 16-gun brig-sloop launched in 1806. She foundered in 1810. HMS Satellite (1812) was an 18-gun...

 'Light') is a class of Iranian military Earth-imaging CubeSat. Three Noor satellites have been launched from the Shahroud Space Center in Shahrud Desert in...

Uhuru was the first satellite launched specifically for the purpose of X-ray astronomy. It was also known as the X-ray Explorer Satellite, SAS-A (for Small...

A satellite modem or satmodem is a modem used to establish data transfers using a communications satellite as a relay. A satellite modem's main function...

and Technology") was an experimental Iranian Earth observation satellite. The satellite carried a camera for taking higher resolution imagery of Earth...

The Glory satellite was a 2011 failed NASA satellite mission that was to have collected data on the chemical, micro-physical and optical properties—and...

telecommunications, and the first satellite to be placed in this kind of orbit was launched in 1963. Communications satellites are often placed in a geostationary...

known as ASTRO-H and New X-ray Telescope (NeXT), was an X-ray astronomy satellite commissioned by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) for studying...

The Himawari (ひまわり; 'sunflower') geostationary satellites, operated by the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), support weather forecasting, tropical cyclone...

Satellite babies (also called Satellite children) refer to immigrants’ children who are temporarily sent back to their home country by their parents to...

list of satellites of Turkey. Large Communications Satellites Sahin, Tuba (7 April 2021). "Turkey to launch Turksat 5B communications satellite in Q4"...

is a series of satellites launched by ISRO. The Rohini series consisted of four satellites, each of which was launched by the Satellite Launch Vehicle...

Satellite geolocation is the process of locating the origin of a signal appearing on a satellite communication channel. Typically, this process is used...

demonstrate Saudi abilities to manufacturer and operate satellites, as part of Vision 2030. The Satellite was manufactured by the National Industrial Development...

Retrieved 17 October 2017. Folger, Tim (January 1994). "New moon – Russian satellite acts as a mirror to light remote areas". Discover (magazine). 15 (1)....

Irazú was the first Costa Rican satellite to be launched into space. The nanosatellite was launched into space on 2 April 2018, on board a Falcon 9 rocket...

Via Satellite is a 1998 New Zealand film directed by Anthony McCarten based on his play of the same name. After playing at the Cannes Festival market...

Blackjack is a constellation of small American surveillance satellites that started to be launched in 2023. The Blackjack program was started by DARPA...

The Khayyam satellite (Persian: خیام) is an Iranian high-resolution imaging satellite that was successfully sent into low Earth orbit on 9 August 2022...

carefully tracked since they present a collision risk to the many LEO satellites. The only human spaceflights beyond LEO were the lunar missions of the...

'resources') is a series of remote sensing satellites operated by the People's Republic of China. Several Ziyuan satellites are operated jointly with Brazil's...

also known as Mentor or Advanced Orion, is a class of United States spy satellites that collect signals intelligence (SIGINT) from space. Operated by the...

海洋; pinyin: Hǎiyáng; lit. 'ocean') is a series of marine remote sensing satellites developed and operated by the People's Republic of China since 2002. The...

The Satellite Express was a college duo composed of Willie "The Satellite" Totten and Jerry "World" Rice (because there "wasn't a pass in the world that...

constellation of imaging, communications and remote sensing satellites. It operates the GAGAN and IRNSS satellite navigation systems. It has sent three missions to...

occurring some time after Neptune formed a satellite system, was a catastrophic event for Neptune's original satellites, disrupting their orbits so that they...

observation satellite or Earth remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed for Earth observation (EO) from orbit, including spy satellites and similar...

Satellite is a 2005 American romantic drama film directed by Jeff Winner, starring Karl Geary, Stéphanie Szostak, Larry Fessenden, Christina Kirk and...

Terra (EOS AM-1) is a multi-national scientific research satellite operated by NASA in a Sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth. It takes simultaneous...

Hayato, known before launch as KSAT, or the Kagoshima Satellite, is a Japanese satellite which was launched on 20 May 2010. It is a student-built spacecraft...

The NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) is an Earth observation satellite (EOS) equipped with dual-frequency synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) jointly...

destruction of satellites. This has been done as a test of anti-satellite or anti-ballistic missile technology, or to prevent a sensitive satellite from being...

reconnaissance satellites, derived from the Resurs DK class of remote sensing satellite, in turn derived from the Soviet Yantar reconnaissance satellites. The satellites...

lit. Ray) Satellite Data Relay Network (SDRN), also referred to as Altair and Gelios, is a series of geosynchronous Russian relay satellites, used to transmit...

communications satellites, operated by the United States satellite communications company Orbcomm. As of May 2025[update], 62 such satellites have orbited...

Badr was a series of satellites operated by Pakistan. The first satellite, Badr-1, was launched in July 1990. It was the first SUPARCO-engineered object...

Sapphire is a Canadian space surveillance satellite which was launched in 2013. Sapphire was commissioned and integrated by MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates...

The European Broadcasting Service (EBS) (formerly Europe by Satellite) is the TV information service of the European Union which includes 2 TV channels:...

SpaceX's Starlink subsidiary creating purpose-built low-Earth-orbit (LEO) satellites designed to provide new military space capabilities to U.S. and allied...

Satellite Stories was a Finnish indie pop band from Oulu, formed in 2008. Satellite Stories is the most well known Finnish indie band in Europe. The band...

seven United States spy satellites launched between 1968 and 1977. Also known by its program number AFP-827, the satellites were developed with the participation...

T10 (formerly DirecTV-10) is a Boeing model 702 direct broadcast satellite that provides high-definition television (HDTV) to DirecTV subscribers in North...

Black Satellite is an American rock band from New York City, New York, led by vocalist Larissa Vale and guitarist Kyle Hawken Following the release of...

documents notable spaceflight events during the year 2020. The GECAM A and B satellites were launched on 9 December. They were built for research in electromagnetic...

and technology demonstration CubeSat-type satellite developed by the Brno-based company TRL Space. The satellite carries a hyperspectral imaging camera and...

In motorsport, a satellite team is a team related to a larger, better-funded team (which may be referred to as the factory team), which may involve ownership...

temporary satellite is an object which has been captured by the gravitational field of a planet and thus has become the planet's natural satellite, but, unlike...

PICASSO (Pico-Satellite for Atmospheric and Space Science Observations) was a CubeSat mission for technology demonstration in atmospheric science, operated...

(Security And cryptoGrAphic) is a future European technology demonstration satellite for in-orbit demonstration of space-based quantum key distribution (QKD)...

A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose. The most common missions are intelligence gathering, navigation and military...

Chinese experimental satellite program consisting of a variety of test satellites. Given the classified nature of the satellites, Chinese government statements...

Ørsted is an Earth science satellite launched in 1999 to study the Earth's geomagnetic field. It is Denmark's first satellite, named after Hans Christian...

Satellite chromosomes or SAT-chromosomes are chromosomes that contain secondary constrictions. They are observed in acrocentric chromosomes. In addition...

Horizons Satellite is a joint venture between Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Originally formed in 2001, pursuant to a memorandum of understanding...

Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA) and operated by the European...

A Satellite contribution link or service is a means to transport video programming by a satellite link from a remote source (such as an outside broadcast...

"lily"), also known as Broadcasting Satellite or BS, was a series of Japanese direct broadcast satellites. The first satellite of this series, called BSE or...

Huanjing (Chinese: 环境) satellites for disaster and environmental monitoring ("huanjing" is Chinese for "environment"). The satellites will be capable of visible...

Lacrosse or Onyx was a series of terrestrial radar imaging reconnaissance satellites operated by the United States National Reconnaissance Office (NRO). While...

Tiantong (Chinese: 天通) is China's first mobile communications satellite system. The first satellite Tiantong-1-01 was launched on 6 August 2016. The system...

Etalon-1 and Etalon-2 are geodetic satellites. They are designed to determine, with high accuracy, terrestrial reference frame and Earth rotation parameters...

trajectory of a planet around a star, a natural satellite around a planet, or an artificial satellite around an object or position in space such as a...

scientific satellite. Launched on 8 November 1969 it studied the Van Allen belts, solar particles, and aurorae. The construction of the satellite was carried...

Satellite-1 (BS-1), formerly known as Bangabandhu Satellite-1 (BS-1) is the first Bangladeshi geostationary communications and broadcasting satellite...

(National Advanced Optical System) is a high-resolution Earth observation satellite developed by OHB Italia for the Luxembourg Directorate of Defence as part...

Earth Resources Observation Satellite (EROS) is a series of Israeli commercial Earth observation satellites, designed and manufactured by Israel Aircraft...

given to a series of U.S. intelligence satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office. The POPPY satellites recorded electronic signals intelligence...

Ganymede is a natural satellite of Jupiter and is the largest and most massive moon in the Solar System. Like Saturn's largest moon, Titan, it is larger...

Orba, also known as X-2, was intended to be the first satellite launched by a British rocket. It was launched at 00:34 GMT on 2 September 1970, atop a...

code name for a class of highly elliptical orbit SIGINT reconnaissance satellites operated by the National Reconnaissance Office for the United States Air...

SIMBA (Sun-earth IMBAlance) was a climatology satellite mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) in the form of a 3U CubeSat. Its goal was to help quantify...

OSCAR (Orbiting Satellite Carrying Amateur Radio) is a traditional designation given to many amateur radio satellites. Only satellites that enter or leave...

The Iridium satellite constellation provides L band voice and data information coverage to satellite phones, satellite messenger communication devices...

Satellite is the fourth studio album by Christian nu metal band P.O.D. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 11, 2001. It was the band's last...

Satellite Rides is the fifth studio album by American country/rock band Old 97's, first released in the second quarter of 2001 (see 2001 in music). Though...

"Satellite Skin" is a single released by indie rock band Modest Mouse. It is the first single from their EP, No One's First and You're Next. The song...

from Dombarovskiy at 06:37 UTC on 1 October 2008, by a Dnepr rocket. The satellite was initially planned for a 2007 launch using the space vehicle Rokot...

utilizing multiple satellites to overcome the limitations of observing the fine structure of space weather using a single satellite. The satellite group flies...

a torus, or a satellite knot. The class of satellite knots include composite knots, cable knots, and Whitehead doubles. A satellite link is one that...

Satellite Young (サテライトヤング, Sateraito Yangu) is a Japanese synthwave band founded by Emi Kusano and BelleMaison Sekine in 2013. Their music and style are...

Communications Research Advanced Technology Satellite is a Japanese small satellite launched in 2014. The satellite is purely a technology demonstrator designed...

amateur radio satellite. HADES was designed and built jointly by AMSAT-EA and students from the European University of Madrid, Spain. The satellite is a PocketQube...

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is an Israeli public company (Tel Aviv Stock Exchange: GILT; NASDAQ: GILT). It provides satellite-based broadband communications...

Agila is a communications satellite built by Astranis Space Technologies and operated by Orbits Corporation which is planned to serve the Philippines...

Vortex, previously known as Chalet, was a class of spy satellite operated by the United States during the 1980s and 1990s to collect signals intelligence...

"Cecilia and the Satellite" is a song by Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, written by James Flannigan, Anders Grahn, and Andrew McMahon. It released as...

A satellite navigation device, also called a satnav device or GPS/GNSS device, uses satellites of the Global Positioning System (GPS) or other global navigation...

broadband satellite Internet services in low Earth orbit (LEO). The company has offices in Paris (France), London (UK) and Virginia (US), and satellite manufacturing...

index 14F133, is a series of Earth imaging or military reconnaissance satellites developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya for the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces...

-II were two satellites built by the Indian Space Research Organisation that formed India's first low-Earth orbit Earth observation satellite. They collected...

The Aist (Russian: Аист, meaning "Stork") satellites are a series of Russian microsatellites developed primarily by students, postgraduates, and researchers...

Astro-Rivelatore Gamma a Immagini Leggero) was an X-ray and gamma ray astronomical satellite of the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Launched in 2007, it de-orbited in...

EARS (EArth Remote Sensing) is a future satellite constellation for atmospheric science under development by the Czech company Stellar Exploration, with...

Satellite Sky is the final album by Mark Heard, released in 1992, on Heard's own Fingerprint Records, shortly before his death. The album, which was almost...

observation satellites are Earth-orbiting spacecraft with sensors used to collect imagery and measurements of the surface of the earth. These satellites are used...

dormant communications satellite launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan in May, 2002 to provide mainly Spanish language satellite television programs...

T12, formerly known as D12, is a Boeing model 702 satellite built by the Boeing Satellite Development Center. It was launched on December 29, 2009 and...

On February 10, 2009, two communications satellites—the active commercial Iridium 33 and the derelict Russian military Kosmos 2251—accidentally collided...

Zircon was the codename for a British signals intelligence satellite, designed to intercept radio and other signals from the USSR, Europe and other areas...

Corporation and DISH Network Corporation, is an American provider of satellite television and IPTV services and wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation...

A Dyson–Harrop satellite is a hypothetical megastructure intended for power generation using the solar wind. It is inspired by the Dyson sphere, but much...

The M.I.S.T. satellite (Miniature Student Satellite) is a satellite currently under development at the K.T.H. Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm...

radio satellite is an artificial satellite built and used by amateur radio operators. It forms part of the Amateur-satellite service. These satellites use...

Environmental Satellite (GOES), operated by the United States' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)'s National Environmental Satellite, Data...

Satellite Collective is a non-profit, multi-medium artist collective based in New York City and led by Kevin Draper. Functioning as an “arts incubator”...

APT Satellite Holdings Limited is a Bermuda-incorporated holding company. Its Hong Kong-incorporated subsidiary APT Satellite Co., Ltd. is the operator...

The BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS; Chinese: 北斗卫星导航系统; pinyin: běidǒu wèixīng dǎoháng xìtǒng) is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned...

about 30 to 40 per year, not including launches for the planned SpaceX satellite constellation Starlink. The actual launch rate increased by 17% from 18...

a geostationary earth orbit satellite (GEOS) for telecommunications, built by Alenia Spazio for ESA. The Artemis satellite operated at the 21.5E orbital...

The Satellite Years is the second studio album by the post-hardcore band Hopesfall. It was released in 2002 on Trustkill Records, the group's first for...

The Sentinel satellites are a family of Earth observation satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for the Copernicus Programme of the...

Experiment (LACE), also referred to as LOSAT-L and USA-51, was a military satellite developed by the Naval Research Laboratory for the United States' Strategic...

Explorer program satellite. It was launched on 12 January 2003 from Vandenberg Air Force Base aboard a Delta II with the larger satellite ICESat, and had...

Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard...

Sirius Satellite Radio was a satellite radio (SDARS) service that operated in the United States and Canada. Sirius launched in 2002, and primarily competed...

The Pléiades is a satellite constellation of very-high-resolution optical Earth-imaging satellites. First two satellites, Pléiades-1A and Pléiades-1B,...

GPS satellite blocks are the various production generations of the Global Positioning System (GPS) used for satellite navigation. The first satellite in...

PRSC-EO1 (Pakistan Remote Sensing Satellite - Earth Observation 1) is an Electro-Optical Satellite developed by Pakistan's Space Agency (SUPARCO). It was...

developed by the firm SatRevolution that was Poland's first fully commercial satellite. Światowid's primary payload was an experimental earth observation system...

Meridian (Russian: Меридиан) is a family of telecommunications satellites for civil and military use developed by Russia in the 2000s, placed in a Molniya...

debris over time. This proliferation of debris poses significant risks to satellites, space missions, and the International Space Station, potentially rendering...

Satellite-derived bathymetry (SDB) is the calculation of shallow water depth from active or passive satellite imaging sensors. The technology requires...

(Multiple-Path Beyond-Line-of-Sight Communications) prototype communications relay satellite weighing approximately 49 kg (108 lb) launched from Vandenberg Air Force...

Heweliusz (also called BRITE-PL) is the second Polish scientific satellite launched in 2014 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer (BRITE) programme...

The Environmental Research Satellite (ERS, alternatively Earth Resources Satellite) program was a series of small satellites initially operated by the...

communication satellite launched on December 6, 2014. It is the first satellite offering Ultra-HD 4K television services using Reverse DBS. The satellite adopted...

ionospheric research satellite which will be operated by the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay as part of the Student Satellite Initiative. Its primary...

Titan was the first known moon of Saturn and the sixth known planetary satellite (after Earth's moon and the four Galilean moons of Jupiter). Titan orbits...

The Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS) is a technology demonstrator weather satellite built by consortium led by OHB Sweden, a satellite provider and subsidiary...

or A-1 (initially conceptualized as FR.2 or FR-2) is the first French satellite. It was launched on 26 November 1965 by a Diamant A rocket from the CIEES...

(France) will provide the satellite's GNSS receiver and Planetek (Italy) will develop the mission operations center. The satellite's design is based on Hemeria's...

IPA: [ˈkosməs], meaning '(outer) space') is a designation given to many satellites operated by the Soviet Union and subsequently Russia. Kosmos 1, the first...

The Satellite System for Terrestrial Observation, Sistema Satelital para Observación de la Tierra (SSOT), also known as FASat-Charlie, is a Chilean satellite...

A satellite internet constellation is a constellation of artificial satellites providing satellite internet service. In particular, the term has come to...

(FLEX) is a planned mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch a satellite to monitor the global steady-state chlorophyll fluorescence in terrestrial...

Satellite Sam is a creator-owned American comic book series by Matt Fraction and American artist Howard Chaykin distributed by Image Comics starting in...

Anti-satellite weapons (ASAT) are space weapons designed to incapacitate or destroy satellites for strategic or tactical purposes. Although no ASAT system...

fourth-largest natural satellite in the Solar System, has the highest density and strongest surface gravity of any natural satellite, and the lowest amount...

Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network (C-SPAN /ˈsiːˌspæn/ SEE-span) is an American cable and satellite television network, created in 1979 by the cable...

via satellite observation. Air measurements are used as the standard measurement because of persistent issues with unreliable ground and satellite readings...

Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Limited is a company under the supervision of the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy...

(including national programs); Connectivity, which operates the Starlink satellite constellation; and AI, conducted through its wholly owned subsidiary SpaceXAI...

satellites launched by the United States during the 1990s to replace the Jumpseat satellites. Speculated to weigh 5,200 kg, three of these satellites...

hyperspectral satellite. The mission was agreed upon in late 2010, and was originally intended to build two commercial hyperspectral satellites. Preliminary...

A satellite ground track or satellite ground trace is the path on the surface of a planet directly below a satellite's trajectory. It is also known as...

Retrieved October 12, 2023. "Nominees & Winners – Satellite™ Awards 2004 (8th Annual Satellite™ Awards)". Satellite Awards. Archived from the original on February...

character in the ABC comedy drama Eli Stone, for which he received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Actor. This was followed by another starring...

Technology Satellites are satellite demonstrations of new technologies related to satellite navigation, especially for next-generation GPS satellites. Navigation...

Mobile-satellite service (MSS, or mobile-satellite radiocommunication service) is – according to Article 1.25 of the International Telecommunication Union's...

Rohini Satellite 1 or RS-1 is the first satellite successfully launched by India using indigenously developed rockets. After the launch on 18 July 1980...

Satellite Town Ring Road: (STRR, NH 948A and NH 648) is a 280.8-kilometre (174.5 mi) ring road under construction around Bengaluru city, the capital of...

Leo, is a subsidiary of Amazon established in 2019 to deploy a large satellite internet constellation providing low-latency broadband connectivity. The...

The Orbital Test Satellite (OTS) programme was an experimental satellite system inherited by the European Space Agency (ESA) in 1975 from its predecessor...

list of past and present satellites of the BeiDou/Compass navigation satellite system. As of December 2023[update], 44 satellites are operational: 7 in geostationary...

Deimos (/ˈdaɪməs/) is the smaller and outer of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Phobos. Deimos has a mean radius of 6.2 km (3.9 mi)...

"dumbbell" shape; the Milky Way and its satellite galaxies form one lobe, and the Andromeda Galaxy and its satellite galaxies constitute the other. The two...

Satellite Program Network (SPN) was a satellite and cable television network that broadcast in the United States from 1979 to 1989. Following a name change...

Lewis was an American satellite which was to have been operated by NASA as part of the Small Satellite Technology Initiative. It carried two experimental...

satellite in very low Earth orbit. It is the first satellite developed and operated by the Polish Space Agency (POLSA), as previous Polish satellites...

South Asia Satellite (designated GSAT-9), formerly known as SAARC Satellite, is a geostationary communications and meteorology satellite operated by...

Prowler was an American reconnaissance satellite launched aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis in 1990 to study Soviet satellites in geosynchronous orbit. The government...

Inter-satellite service, also known as inter-satellite radiocommunication service or inter-satellite link (ISL), as defined by Article 1.22 of the International...

Artemis II mission, and was the only one from a Latin American country. The satellite was developed by the National Space Activities Commission (CONAE), the...

China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. known as China Satcom is a Chinese aerospace company that provides services via satellites. The company was a...

Wivern (Wind Velocity Radar Nephoscope) is a future Earth observation satellite under development by the European Space Agency (ESA). Wivern will be the...

observation and reconnaissance satellite launched on 22 February 2018. It is Spain's first spy satellite. The satellite is operated by Hisdesat. Paz was...

Tango (Twin ANthropogenic Greenhouse Gas Observers) is a future twin satellite mission under development by the European Space Agency (ESA) for monitoring...

known as satellite cells, muscle stem cells or MuSCs, are small multipotent cells with very little cytoplasm found in mature muscle. Satellite cells are...

Tokyo University of Science from a student design concept in 2004. The satellite was designed to demonstrate new technologies for rapid attitude control...

Satellite EP is the fifth EP by the rock band Guster. It was released on April 10, 2007. It is Guster's third EP with the musician Joe Pisapia. The EP...

Fixed-satellite service (FSS, or fixed-satellite radiocommunication service) is – according to article 1.21 of the International Telecommunication Union's...

Satellite Syndicated Systems, Inc. (SSS) was a company founded in 1978 as a division of Southern Satellite Systems, Inc., dedicated to the exploration...

Voyager probes discovered three more inner satellites in 1979, so Europa is now counted as Jupiter's sixth satellite, though it is still referred to as Jupiter...

satellites, which supplemented and eventually replaced the Zenit spacecraft. Kosmos 2175, a Yantar-4K2 or Kobalt spacecraft, was the first satellite to...

Satellite in the Sky is a 1956 British CinemaScope science fiction film in Warner Color, produced by Edward J. Danziger and Harry Lee Danziger, directed...

of Malacca and Andaman Sea. Analysis of satellite communications between the aircraft and Inmarsat's satellite communications network concluded that the...

Eupsilia transversa, the satellite, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766. It is distributed...

Artist's concept of the Saturnian satellite system A satellite system is a set of gravitationally bound objects in orbit around a planetary mass object...

Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle (ASLV) was a small-lift launch vehicle five-stage solid-fuel rocket developed by ISRO to place 150 kg satellites into LEO...

The Satellite-Protection Project is an Indian governmental program that aims to protect India's orbiting satellites, and space assets from foreign spacecraft...

The Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite (LCROSS) was a robotic spacecraft operated by NASA. The mission was conceived as a low-cost means of...

Satellite laser ranging (SLR) is a method to measure the distance to satellites in a geocentric orbit. It consists of an astronomical observatory equipped...

The Injun program was a series of six satellites designed and built by researchers at the University of Iowa to observe various radiation and magnetic...

Six Finger Satellite (a.k.a. 6FS) is an American rock band from Providence, Rhode Island. Described by former member John MacLean as "a post-punk band...

USA-280 (codenamed "Zuma") was a classified United States government satellite that was launched by SpaceX on 8 January 2018, on the 47th flight of the...

consisted of sensors to determine the spacecraft's attitude. Cameras on the satellite will be used to verify the data returned by the attitude sensors. Originally...

The Satellite (67°51′S 61°7′E / 67.850°S 61.117°E / -67.850; 61.117) is a small rock peak rising to 1,100 m, protruding slightly above the ice sheet...

Satellite Business Systems (SBS) was a company founded by IBM, Aetna, COMSAT (and later wholly purchased by IBM and then subsequently sold to MCI), that...

As of 24 April 2026[update], 83 Global Positioning System navigation satellites have been built: 31 are launched and operational, 1 is undergoing commissioning...

The INSAT Satellite Bus is a series of satellite buses that have been manufactured by the Indian Space Research Organisation and marketed by NewSpace India...

military satellites to LEO, polar, and geosynchronous orbits. The heaviest payload launched on Falcon is a batch of 24 Starlink V2-Mini satellites weighing...

Cerise (French for "cherry") was a French military reconnaissance satellite. Its main purpose was to intercept HF radio signals for French intelligence...

Satellite of Earth may refer to: Moon, the natural satellite of Earth Artificial satellites orbiting the Earth This disambiguation page lists articles...

XM Satellite Radio Holdings Inc. (XM) was one of the three satellite radio (SDARS) and online radio services in the United States and Canada, operated...

certified platinum by the RIAA in 2000. Their following studio album, Satellite, continued the band's success with the singles, "Alive" and "Youth of...

spacecraft by means of a constellation of three satellites launched in 1965. All three Pegasus satellites were launched by Saturn I rockets, and remained...

NCube (Norwegian CubeSat) was a series of two Norwegian satellites, made by students at several Norwegian universities and university colleges. Due to...

Bilibili Video Satellite was launched by Long March 11 on Yellow Sea waters on 15 September 2020. It was China's first custom-made satellite by Chinese internet...

One Satellite (Chinese: 两弹一星; pinyin: liǎng dàn, yī xīng) is a retronym for the early nuclear weapon, ballistic missile, and artificial satellite development...

Troll Satellite Station (Norwegian: Troll satellittstasjon), commonly abbreviated TrollSat, is a satellite ground station located at Troll in Queen Maud...

designation of a series of Israeli reconnaissance satellites first launched in 1988. Most Ofeq satellites have been carried on top of Shavit launch vehicles...

available on the SiriusXM app. Platinum Plan required for additional NFL and satellite-only MLB play-by-play channels. (Most recent changes on top) These channels...

Viridien Satellite Mapping, formerly known as NPA Satellite Mapping, is a European satellite mapping company specializing in earth observation and remote...

Fajr (Persian: فجر, meaning "dawn") is an Iranian satellite which was launched on 2 February 2015. Fajr had a mass of 52 kg and was equipped with an optical...

Corporation is an American telecommunications company, specializing in satellite communication, wireless telecommunications, and internet services. Echostar...

Environment and Security, and the Galileo satellite navigation system The financial interest in the European Union Satellite Centre (agreed in principle) Space...

ultraviolet astronomy satellite operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The first mission of the Small Scientific Satellite program, it was...

Mabuhay Satellite Corporation (MSC) was a Filipino aerospace corporation responsible for operating communication satellites and before 2009, the only...

American Satellite Company (ASC) was one of many Fairchild Industries subsidiary companies and was established in partnership with Continental Telephone...

RAIKO (Japanese: 雷鼓, literally thunder drum) is a Japanese satellite which was built and operated by Tohoku and Wakayama Universities. A two-unit CubeSat...

(previously Soviet) military communications satellite constellation operating in low Earth orbit. These satellites operate as mailboxes ("store-and-forward"):...

Crowdfunded satellites are artificial satellites that have been funded by using crowdfunding, rather than more traditional methods of financing by governments...

Satellite crop monitoring is the technology which facilitates real-time crop vegetation index monitoring via spectral analysis of high resolution satellite...

1 April 2026 as a rideshare payload on NASA's Artemis II mission. The satellite was designed to test lunar rover electronics in deep space, including...

The Planet Satellite was a British light aircraft of the late 1940s. Designed to exploit new technology, the aircraft was abandoned after two crashes...

industry. Yamal and Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC)'s Ekspress constellation are the only two national satellite operators in Russia. During...

and seven dwarf planets are known to be orbited by at least 468 natural satellites, or moons. At least 19 of them are large enough to be gravitationally...

Satellite Boy is a 2012 Australian adventure drama film about a young Aboriginal boy struggling to maintain the traditions of his heritage in the modern...

Satellite Island may refer to: Satellite Island (Tasmania), Australia Satellite Island (Washington), USA This disambiguation page lists articles about...

MEASAT Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. (formerly Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd.) is a Malaysian communications satellite operator that owns and operates...

Philippine satellites were operated by private companies. The first Filipino-owned satellite is Agila-1, a satellite acquired in 1996 by Mabuhay Satellite Corporation...

service is distributing virtual multichannel video programming as well as satellite services for consumers and businesses in the United States and Puerto...

There are currently 918 permitted private satellite television channels in India as of March 2025[update]. Out of these 908 are available for downlinking...

The Satellite Control Network (SCN), operated by the United States Space Force's Space Delta 6, provides support for the operation, control, and maintenance...

American cable and satellite television network Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through four...

system (satellite) solution, launching the satellite into orbit with the USGS operating the system once in orbit. As of October 2022, nine satellites have...

problem that had plagued many of the early photo-intelligence satellites. Quill satellites were based around the Lockheed RM-81 Agena-D, which also served...

observation satellites designed to detect and measure emissions of greenhouse gases, particularly methane and carbon dioxide. Tanager-1 is the first satellite deployed...

DORIS is a French satellite system used for the determination of satellite orbits (e.g. TOPEX/Poseidon) and for positioning. The name is an acronym of...

The Xi'an Satellite Tracking, Telemetry, and Control Center (XSCC; Chinese: 西安卫星测控中心; pinyin: Xī'ān wèixīng cèkòng zhōngxīn), also known as Base 26, is...

is a German national communications satellite launched in 2023 to demonstrate and validate advanced satellite communication technologies in geostationary...

Satellite Kite is the debut album by the Portland, Oregon-based experimental hip hop trio Beautiful Eulogy, released through Humble Beast Records in both...

Stereo Satellite is an American rock band featuring guitarist Mike Orlando and Jordan Cannata of Adrenaline Mob, former Rock Star Supernova singer Lukas...

Satellite Soul is an alternative country/folk rock band from Kansas. Their sound has changed over the years from jangly roots rock to a hard cutting Alt-Country...

Lem (also called BRITE-PL) is the first Polish governmental artificial satellite. It was launched in November 2013 as part of the Bright-star Target Explorer...

Engineers' Satellite (YES, also known as TEAMSAT: Technology, science and Education experiments Added to Maqsat) was a European satellite built by Delta-Utec...

as a terrestrial communication system (ship to ship; ship to shore), satellites are now also used to passively capture the signal traffic. With a few...

Phobos (/ˈfoʊboʊs/) is the innermost and larger of the two natural satellites of Mars, the other being Deimos. The two moons were discovered in 1877 by...

GPS signals are broadcast by Global Positioning System satellites to enable satellite navigation. Using these signals, receivers on or near the Earth's...

covers most artificial satellites built and operated by the Republic of India. India has been successfully launching satellites of various types from 1975...

"Satellite" is a song by American rock band the Hooters, which was released in 1987 as the second single from their third studio album One Way Home. The...

Jet Set Satellite is a Canadian rock band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Jet Set Satellite was founded in 1998 by singer/guitarist Trevor Tuminski and...

MANTIS was an Earth observation satellite developed by the UK-based company Open Cosmos with support of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the UK Space...

An early warning satellite is an artificial satellite that detects ballistic missile launches in order to provide rapid early warning of a potential missile...

scientific satellite to study the Van Allen belts. It was developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science of JAXA. The satellite was named...

Iridium satellite constellation, a system of 80 satellites: 66 are operational satellites and fourteen function as in-orbit spares. Iridium satellites are...

A parasitic cone (also adventive cone, satellite cone, satellitic cone or lateral cone) is the cone-shaped accumulation of volcanic material not part of...

Viking was Sweden's first satellite. It was launched on an Ariane 1 rocket as a piggyback payload together with the French satellite SPOT 1, on 22 February...

Labs had 87 Dove and 5 RapidEye satellites launched into orbit. In 2017, Planet launched an additional 88 Dove satellites, and Google sold its subsidiary...

attacking satellites from the Earth; space-to-space warfare, such as satellites attacking satellites; and space-to-ground warfare, such as satellites attacking...

The DD India satellite channel has been broadcast in 146 countries. In the United Kingdom, it was available through the Eurobird satellite on the Sky system's...

Ultra High Frequency Follow-On (UFO) satellite system is a United States Department of Defense (DoD) program sponsored and operated by the United States...

electromagnetic origins anywhere in the world. Consisting of three formation-flying satellites, it was developed by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space...

Observations from a Lidar) was a French-built Earth observing research satellite. It carried an instrument called POLDER, which studied the radiative and...

to prevent rogue ex-MI6 agent Alec Trevelyan (Sean Bean) from using a satellite weapon against London to cause a global financial collapse. GoldenEye...

Cosmic Radiation Satellite (CORSA, also CORSA-A) was a Japanese space telescope. It was supposed to be Japan's first X-ray astronomy satellite but was lost...

Sino Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. known also as SinoSat is a Chinese company. It provided satellite communications through a pair of communications...

Satellite navigation software or GNSS navigation software a category of software that provide positioning services by utilizing data from satellite navigation...

Svalbard Satellite Station (Norwegian: Svalbard satellittstasjon) or SvalSat is a satellite ground station located on Platåberget near Longyearbyen in...

Steerable Satellite (BOSS) was a proposed satellite that would work in conjunction with a telescope to detect planets around distant stars. The satellite consists...

Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) was an Indian remote sensing and photo-reconnaissance satellite. Technology Experiment Satellite (TES) was launched...

AMOS-60, is an Israeli communications satellite operated by Spacecom Satellite Communications. Spacecom Satellite Communications has signed an agreement...

RAdioCommunication Utilisant un SatellitE; English: Satellite-based radio communication system) is a series of French military communications satellite constellations...

Nour 2 satellite (also spelled Noor 2, Persian: ماهواره نور, lit. 'Light') callsign "NOUR 02" or "NOOR 02", is an Iranian military satellite, which was...

The Global Navigation Satellite System (Russian: Глобальная навигационная спутниковая система, romanized: Global'naya Navigatsionnaya Sputnikovaya Sistema)...

ISIS 1 and 2 (International Satellites for Ionospheric Studies) were the third and fourth in a series of Canadian satellites launched to study the ionosphere...

Clémentine (pronounced [klemɑ̃tin]) is a small satellite built by Alcatel Space (now Thales) for the French DGA, ostensibly "to study the Earth's radio-electrical...

(Arabic: المنار, romanized: al-Manār, lit. ''The Lighthouse'') is a Lebanese satellite television station owned and operated by the Lebanese Shia Islamist political...

satellites owned by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The first satellite of this kind was launched on 13 October 1994. The satellites...

Satellite imagery in North Korea is a knowledge-building tool in the field of North Korean studies. It enables researchers to produce data-based analyses...

Air Satellite was an airline based in Baie-Comeau, Quebec, Canada. It operated scheduled, charter passenger and cargo services, as well as supplying aviation...

characterization and technical intelligence via satellites in geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO), sensors hosted on satellites in highly elliptical orbit (HEO), and...

Award for Best Newcomer. He also starred in the 2019 action drama film Satellite Shankar opposite Megha Akash. Pancholi was born to Aditya Pancholi and...

publicly traded satellite designer and manufacturer based in Midland, Texas, United States. The company is building the SpaceMobile satellite constellation...

SATCOM (satellite communication) system. The device connects with a satellite via ordinary radio frequency (RF) communication and the satellite then connects...

"electromagnetic wave"), also known as REXS (Radiation EXperiments Satellite), was a Japanese satellite. The launch was a project of the Institute of Space and Astronautical...

The Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) (Japanese: 準天頂衛星システム, Hepburn: juntenchō eisei shisutemu), also known as Michibiki (みちびき, "guidance"), is a regional...

established under the Presidency of Ronald Reagan to develop reconnaissance satellites equipped with stealth technology. Zirconic operated as a sensitive compartmented...

This is a list of satellites in geosynchronous orbit, including satellites in geosynchronous orbit. These satellites are commonly used for communication...

Shenzhen Satellite TV is a flagship television channel operated by the Shenzhen Media Group. It broadcasts simultaneously in both standard-definition...

The Satellite is a monophonic analog synthesizer that was manufactured by Moog Music from 1973 to 1979 in response to the ARP Soloist and ARP Pro Soloist...

(mass) density of the satellite, n is its mean orbital motion, r is the satellite's radius, e is the orbital eccentricity of the satellite, μ is the shear modulus...

communication and broadcasting system developed and operated by Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). It is the largest network of Russia and...

The shuttle pallet satellite was a satellite bus designed to be deployed and then retrieved for return to Earth on NASA's Space Shuttle. It carried a...

Satellite Mode is an electro-rock duo made up of Jessica Carvo and Alex Marko.[citation needed] Based out of New York City, Satellite Mode has been an...

Argos is a global satellite-based system that collects, processes, and disseminates (spreads, distributes) environmental data from fixed and mobile platforms...

immersive multimedia shows like Nufonia Must Fall, the Storyville Mosquito, Satellite Turntable Orchestra and his Space Cadet Headphone Concert; each of which...

The Singapore International or Singapore Satellite, Cheers Asian Satellite is an open international badminton tournament in Singapore. In the last few...

The Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) monitors meteorological, oceanographic, and solar-terrestrial physics for the United States Department...

Satellite subcarrier audio is audio transmitted by way of satellite that uses a separate analog or digital signal carried on a main radio transmission...

Queqiao-2 relay satellite (Chinese: 鹊桥二号中继卫星; pinyin: Quèqiáo èr hào zhōngjì wèixīng; lit. 'Magpie Bridge 2 relay satellite') is the second of the communications...

The Satellite class was a class of 12-gun composite sloops built for the Royal Navy between 1883 and 1888, and reclassified as corvettes in 1884. Designed...

Aura (EOS CH-1) is a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the Earth's ozone layer, air quality and climate...

The Al-Ta'ir (Arabic: الطائر) satellite was an Iraqi small experimental satellite program designed for conducting communication and rangefinding. It started...

Satellite Beach is a coastal city in Brevard County, Florida, U.S. The population was 11,226 at the 2020 United States census, up from 10,109 at the 2010...

This is a list of satellite television providers, operating around the world. DStv - under MultiChoice, DStv Bué UAU!TV ZAP TV Canal+ Afrique Easy TV...

country or region.[citation needed] A satellite tournament in poker is a qualifying event. Winners of these satellites usually win the buy-in fee to a larger...

communications satellite that was launched by a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle at 02:27:32 UTC on 3 February 2005. The 4,979 kg (10,977 lb) satellite to provide...

The Mexican Satellite System, also known as MEXSAT, is a network of three satellites bought by the Mexican government's Ministry of Communications and...

(closer than Milky Way center) Distances are measured from Earth. Dwarf satellite galaxies' distances to the plane or center of the Milky Way may be higher...

The satellite revisit period is the time elapsed between observations of the same point on Earth by a satellite. It depends on the satellite's orbit, target...

telecommunication project of the Russian Federation aiming to create and operate a satellite group maintaining communication to various terrestrial objects. The project...

Urbana-Champaign. The satellite was lost in the failure of the Dnepr launch on 26 July 2006. Completed in April 2005 as a part of the Illinois Tiny Satellite Initiative...

Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS), also called Daichi (a Japanese word meaning "land"), was a 3810 kg Japanese satellite launched in 2006. After...

The Indian National Satellite System or INSAT, is a series of multipurpose geostationary satellites launched by ISRO to satisfy telecommunications, broadcasting...

Internationally recognized as the premier conference on small satellites, the Small Satellite Conference (also known as SmallSat) is held each August in...

The Satellite Interference Reduction Group (sIRG) is a global satellite trade organization now known as the Satcoms Innovation Group. Its original remit...

series of four Soviet satellites launched in 1962. Two different types of satellite, 1MS and 2MS were used, with two satellites of each type being launched...

Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States and was part of the U.S. participation in the International Geophysical Year (IGY). The...

system, also known as NAVSAT or NNSS (for Navy Navigation Satellite System), was the first satellite navigation system to be used operationally. The radio...

180° from the larger body. Objects librating around 0° are called quasi-satellites. An exchange orbit occurs when two co-orbital objects are of similar masses...

The Ekspress (Russian: Экспресс) is a highly flexible satellite bus designed and manufactured by ISS Reshetnev. It is an unpressurized bus originally...

Corporation (JSAT) was the first private Japanese satellite operator, which owned the JSAT satellites, as well as operated and partially owned the N-Star...

HAARP conspiracy theories. CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite-program) Magnetosphere (esp. Artificial Comets, to understand why Barium...

The Satellite Catalog Number (SATCAT), also known as NORAD Catalog Number, NORAD ID, USSPACECOM object number, is a sequential five-digit number assigned...

The Galaxy series is a family of communications satellites originally developed and operated by Hughes Communications. It has since merged with PanAmSat...

Earth's magnetosphere. It consisted of two satellites: an Equatorial satellite (TC-1) and Polar satellite (TC-2). Double Star followed in the footsteps...

Electro-Magnetic Emissions Transmitted from Earthquake Regions) was a French micro-satellite operated by CNES devoted to the investigation of the ionospheric disturbances...

known as PhoneSat 1.0b or PhoneSat v1b was a technology demonstration satellite operated by NASA's Ames Research Center, which was launched in April 2013...

Astronomy Satellite may refer to: Uhuru (satellite), or Small Astronomy Satellite A (SAS-A) or SAS 1, launched 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite 2, or SAS...

PICARD is a satellite dedicated to the simultaneous measurement of the absolute total and spectral solar irradiance, the diameter and solar shape, and...

asymmetric digital subscriber line, cable modems, mobile broadband and satellite internet access. The return channel need not use the same medium as the...

Broadcasting-satellite service (short: BSS; also: broadcasting-satellite radiocommunication service ) is – according to Article 1.39 of the International...

The Short S.4 Satellite was a small British two-seater sporting monoplane, produced in 1924 to take part in the Air Ministry's Two-Seater Light Aeroplane...

Kacific Broadband Satellites Group (Kacific) is a satellite operator providing a high-speed broadband internet service for the South East Asia and Pacific...

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, or SSTL, is a company involved in the manufacture and operation of small satellites. A spin-off company of the University...

War of the Satellites is a 1958 independently made American black-and-white science fiction drama film produced and directed by Roger Corman and starring...

China conducted an anti-satellite missile test. A Chinese weather satellite—the FY-1C (COSPAR 1999-025A) polar orbit satellite of the Fengyun series, at...

student-built spacecraft were three CubeSat picosatellites, extremely small satellites weighing around one kg each. These were deployed one hour and forty minutes...

Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) is a constellation of communications satellites operated by the United States Space Force. They are used to relay secure...

designed for mini-satellites weighing approximately 500 kg operating in low Earth orbit. The platform is used by six scientific satellites developed as part...

A planetary-mass moon is a planetary-mass object that is a natural satellite of another non-stellar celestial object. Because of their mass, these moons...

The Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) is a data processing facility and satellite-tracking ground station within the Geophysical Institute at the University...

modeling of the shape of the Earth, and her work on the development of satellite geodesy models, which were later incorporated into the Global Positioning...

Satellite television varies in the different regions around the world. Satellite television has been far more successful in Africa than cable, primarily...

small passive satellite deployed during a spacewalk from the ISS in August 2012. Also called the Vektor-T calibration sphere, the satellite enables operators...

Fibre satellite distribution is a technology that enables satellite TV signals from an antenna to be distributed using an optical fibre cable infrastructure...

listing of passive satellites – inert or mostly inert satellites, mainly of the Earth. This includes various reflector type satellites typically used for...

janitor trapped by two mad scientists ("The Mads") on the Earth-orbiting Satellite of Love and forced to watch a series of B movies to monitor his reaction...

The Gatineau Satellite Station is a Canadian satellite station located in Cantley near Gatineau, in the province of Québec. Like the Prince Albert Radar...

China Manned Space Program, as the Shenzhou craft, launched from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, is retired in favor of the Mengzhou craft and lunar-capable...

natural satellite (e.g. the Moon) and the primary planet that it orbits (e.g. Earth). The acceleration causes a gradual recession of a satellite in a prograde...

The Satellite Launch Vehicle or SLV was a small-lift launch vehicle project started in the early 1970s by ISRO to develop the technology needed to launch...

Aqua (EOS PM-1) is a NASA scientific research satellite in orbit around the Earth, studying the precipitation, evaporation, and cycling of water. It is...

exploited for satellite navigation such as in Transit and DORIS. Doppler also needs to be compensated in satellite communication. Fast moving satellites can have...

The Satellite Data System (SDS) is a system of United States military communications satellites. At least three generations have been used: SDS-1 from...

Robotic Operations (ASTRO), was an American technology demonstration satellite which was operated as part of the Orbital Express program. It was used...

"Satellite" is a song by German singer Lena Meyer-Landrut. It was written by American songwriter Julie Frost and Danish songwriter John Gordon and recorded...

The Vietnam International Challenge, formerly Vietnam Satellite and Hanoi International, is an international badminton tournament held in Vietnam. This...

Satellite Bay is the first studio album by German post-rock band Long Distance Calling. The album was recorded April 2007 at Tonmeisterei in Oldenburg...

Bangladesh Satellite Company Limited (BSCL) is a Bangladesh Government owned company formed with the aim to operate the country's first satellite, the Bangladesh...

Cabinet Satellite Intelligence Center (内閣衛星情報センター): Operated a network of surveillance satellites, such as the Information Gathering Satellite (IGS)-Optical...

Glonass navigation satellite launched by Russia Soyuz-2-1A launches Kobalt-M reconnaissance satellite Fresh Glonass navigation satellite launched by Russia...

Pluto. Alan Stern calls these satellite planets, although the term major moon is more common. The smallest natural satellite that is gravitationally rounded...

Palestine Satellite Channel, widely and formally known as Palestine TV or Palestinian Authority TV and its companion radio station, Voice of Palestine...

The Arab satellite lists (Hebrew: מפלגות הלוויין הערביות), Arab lists (Arabic: القوائم العربية) or minority lists, were satellite parties in Israel formed...

Ciel Satellite Group is a private Canadian satellite operator, established in 2004, providing services throughout the Americas as a result of a partnership...

Human satellite II is an exceptionally high-copy but unexplored sequence of the human genome thought of as junk DNA has a surprising ability to impact...

Tromsø telemetristasjon), is a satellite earth station located in Tromsø, Norway. The facility is owned by Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), a joint venture...

Regenerative Satellite Mesh – A (RSM-A) is an internationally standardized satellite communications protocol by Telecommunications Industry Association...

near-future genius Adam Mitchell (Bruno Langley), land on Satellite 5 in the year 200,000. Satellite 5 is a space station that broadcasts news across the entire...

GNSS augmentation is a method of improving the satellite navigation system's attributes, such as precision, reliability, and availability, through the...

Goonhilly Satellite Earth Station is a large radiocommunication site located on Goonhilly Downs near Helston on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, Britain...

the SiriusXM satellite radio service operates using a fleet of seven communications satellites in a geostationary orbit. Two new satellites, SXM-11 and...

supplement and enhance the positional data available from global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), such as the American Global Positioning System (GPS) and...

This is a list of notable commercial satellite navigation software (also known as GPS software) for various devices, with a specific focus on mobile phones...

18°56′32″E / 69.66196°N 18.94225°E / 69.66196; 18.94225 Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT) is a Norwegian-based company. KSAT has the most extensive...

Ralphie (or 3CS-2) was a satellite, part of the Three Corner Satellite (3CS) project, a three satellite (Sparkie, Ralphie, Petey) student research project...