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Recent Examples of satellites
Hegseth stopped by a manufacturing plant operated by Rocket Lab, an emerging company that builds satellites and provides small-satellite launch services for commercial and government customers.
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Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 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, 24 Oct. 2025
Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the growing number of satellites in orbit has increased dramatically as private companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch large satellite constellations to deliver global broadband internet and other services.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
These were collected by China’s GECAM satellites and NASA’s Fermi satellite.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Since then, Burke County has added layers of redundancy by purchasing Starlink internet terminals that connect to satellites rather than towers, HAM radios and more satellite phones so emergency responders can keep talking when traditional systems fail.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 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, 24 Oct. 2025
Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the growing number of satellites in orbit has increased dramatically as private companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch large satellite constellations to deliver global broadband internet and other services.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
These were collected by China’s GECAM satellites and NASA’s Fermi satellite.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
One of the WorldView Legion satellites also captured imagery of China's ShiJian-26 satellite in June.
—Ryan Chan, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
Since then, Burke County has added layers of redundancy by purchasing Starlink internet terminals that connect to satellites rather than towers, HAM radios and more satellite phones so emergency responders can keep talking when traditional systems fail.
—Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
Noun
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And dark matter is the invisible minions.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
15 Dec. 2025
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And this is precisely the danger Kingstown is facing with Merle on the loose and his minions ready to mobilize.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
14 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Among the deceased were colonels, lieutenants, majors and captains and some reserve soldiers, ranging in age from 26 to 60, The Associated Press reported.—
Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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And those soldiers will come from Connecticut and the other 49 states and the territories and the district.—
Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
7 Jan. 2026
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Also newly attached to Write to Kill are Simon Newton and Mike Wood, who will play henchmen.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
4 Dec. 2025
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Kyle’s wife, Tracy, suddenly leaves Kingstown for her sister’s home in Ohio this week, urged by Kyle and Mike to get herself and her baby as far away from Merle’s henchmen as possible.—
Noel Murray,
Vulture,
23 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Tony & Ziva wrapped its rollercoaster of an espionage tale Thursday with an intense finale, which picked up with the titular pair once again going in search of their daughter Tali after she’s kidnapped by Jonah Markham’s (Julian Ovendon) lackeys.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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At the slightest provocation, Ye bullies, hectors, and screams at everyone from Paris fashion-show lackeys to the mother of his child.—
Derek Robertson,
The Washington Examiner,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Laws mean nothing to Trump or his administration of sycophants.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2026
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Continue reading … ‘HUGE PROBLEM’ – Psaki slams White House for allowing 'sycophants' questions during press briefings.—
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FOXNews.com,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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After World War I, the US Navy operated the Yangtze Patrol, a flotilla of gunboats that protected American interests – including missionaries and oil companies – inside China during a lengthy period of warlordism and instability.—
Nathan Hodge,
CNN Money,
10 Jan. 2026
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The missionaries had hoped to bring Christianity to the Waorani, which was an isolated tribe that fiercely defended their territory at that time.—
Arizona Republic,
AZCentral.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Lawyers for the Satanic Temple argued that these restrictions conflict with the religious practices of its Hoosier adherents.—
Ryan Murphy,
IndyStar,
6 Jan. 2026
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The movement had adherents among the student body and on the faculty at the Catholic University in Chiclayo, which has about ten thousand students, and the cathedral boasted an enormous portrait of Josemaria Escrivá, Opus Dei’s sainted founder.—
Paul Elie,
New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 19 Jan. 2026.
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