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Recent Examples of satellites
SpaceX builds and operates spacecraft, as well as thousands of satellites deployed in support of its Starlink satellite internet service.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
The rocket deployed operational satellites for China’s Qianfan megaconstellation, which is designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
That said, Apple has not guaranteed that access to satellites will be available free forever — it’s initially offered for two years from the purchase of the handset, though Apple has extended this period for the first phones that had satellite features, such as the iPhone 14 series.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Those satellites, under development by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab, carried an average cost of about $16 million per spacecraft, significantly more than the cost of a single satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink or Starshield assembly line.
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ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Prior to the merger news, Globalstar was preparing its own next-generation C-3 constellation of 48 satellites to upgrade the satellite connectivity on Apple iPhones.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
The company currently operates a network of more than 200 satellites and is preparing to roll out its satellite internet services later this year.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
Search and rescue tools attached to these satellites are able to detect emergency distress signals transmitted by 406 beacons — devices that are specifically designed to ping the satellite.
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Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
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Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
The rocket deployed operational satellites for China’s Qianfan megaconstellation, which is designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
That said, Apple has not guaranteed that access to satellites will be available free forever — it’s initially offered for two years from the purchase of the handset, though Apple has extended this period for the first phones that had satellite features, such as the iPhone 14 series.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Those satellites, under development by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab, carried an average cost of about $16 million per spacecraft, significantly more than the cost of a single satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink or Starshield assembly line.
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ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Prior to the merger news, Globalstar was preparing its own next-generation C-3 constellation of 48 satellites to upgrade the satellite connectivity on Apple iPhones.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
The company currently operates a network of more than 200 satellites and is preparing to roll out its satellite internet services later this year.
—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 2026
Search and rescue tools attached to these satellites are able to detect emergency distress signals transmitted by 406 beacons — devices that are specifically designed to ping the satellite.
—
Emily Mae Czachor,
CBS News,
4 Mar. 2026
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—
Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
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The world premiere on Sunday – in the presence of Illumination boss Chris Meledandri and director Pierre Coffin, who is also the origin of the minions’ unintelligible chatter – kicks off one of the biggest Annecy Film Festival’s yet.
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The two key attractions include the Bello Bay Cruise river rapids ride where yellow minions face off against purple minions and the Bello Bay Golf Cart Derby teacups ride.
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At least 12 Israeli soldiers have been killed by Hezbollah’s drones since the conflict reignited in March – one third of Israeli fatalities in Lebanon – and the military is scrambling to find ways to counter the threat.
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At least 37 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon or northern Israel during the fighting.
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Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods.
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Launched in early 1982, the original MOTU line-up saw He-Man and Skeletor joined by heroes Teela (at this point, the only female character), Man-at-Arms and Stratos; the morally ambiguous Zodac; and a couple of Skeletor's henchmen, Beast Man and Mer-Man.
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After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
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Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.
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Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
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Trump’s worried sycophants probably know that the details of an eventual agreement likely do not matter very much at this point.
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After the revolution, there was an explosion of missionaries from all sects to preach their version.
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Scholars say 16th-century Catholic missionaries introduced Europe’s Grim Reaper figure to Mexico’s indigenous population, believing fear of death would instill a desire for salvation and convert them to Christianity.
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Xi’s brand of resentful nationalism, meanwhile, comes with a strong anti-American streak, and security apparatchiks see CIA spies everywhere.
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The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity.
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Many today argue that those who flooded into the nation’s legislative hall were the true adherents of American patriotism.
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Physics Universal Love Language, the second album by Syrian-Armenian-American singer Káryyn, is tuned to 432hz, a standard that is, according to new age adherents, more in line with the hum of the universe.
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“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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