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Contacting a satellite is also more difficult because of frequency shift due to the Doppler effect, which necessitates retuning the receiver as the satellite tracks across the sky.

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  1. noun Astronomy A celestial body that orbits a planet; a moon.
  2. noun Aerospace An object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.
  3. noun A nation dominated politically and economically by another nation.
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  • The heart of this satellite will be a 120-inch telescope. —  BEN BOVA Editor
  • Possibly the satellite is at a higher orbit than a free-orbiting geosynchronous satellite, thereby experiencing a greater centrifugal force to balance the additional centripetal force from the cable. —  Analog SFF, September 2006
  • During the night the cloud turned into a pillar of fire Jan 2nd, 2009 Israel can view Iran through clouds and at night JERUSALEM:: For Israel, the satellite will be able to track events in Iran, the country it considers its top foe, even at night and in cloudy weather, defence officials said. —  Latest Articles
  • SEOUL, April 2 (Yonhap) - The defence chiefs of South Korea and the United States agreed Thursday to respond "resolutely" if North Korea launches what it calls a satellite, an official said. —  BLACK ENTERPRISE
  • Part of the Air Force's Wideband Global SATCOM program, or WGS, the satellite is the second of at least five planned to replace an existing constellation and increase communications capacity.
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  1. French, hanger-on, hireling, from Old French, from Latin satelles, satellit-.

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  1. from Old French satellite, French satellite, attendant, satellite (of a planet), = Spanish satélite = Portuguese Italian satellite, from Latin satelles (-itis), plural satellites, an attendant, guard; root uncertain.
 

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