Definitions

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  • noun An artificial satellite with a wet mass between 0.1 and 1 kilograms.

Etymologies

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pico- +‎ satellite

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Examples

  • ISRO will now nurture and guide youngsters by training them with the help of Studsat - India's first picosatellite which has been built by a group of 40 young engineering students from Bangalore and Hyderabad.

    SiliconIndia.com 2010

  • ISRO will now nurture and guide youngsters by training them with the help of Studsat - India's first picosatellite which has been built by a group of 40 young engineering students from Bangalore and Hyderabad.

    SiliconIndia.com 2010

  • Sciences of Switzerland, respectively, and a 0. 65-kilogram picosatellite called "studsat" built by students from seven engineering colleges in Bangalore and Hyderabad, India,

    SPACE.com 2010

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