A satellite or artificial satellite is an object in space, typically a spacecraft, placed into orbit around a celestial body. Satellites have a variety...
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Global Positioning System (redirect from Global positional satellite)
Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force. It is one of...
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A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication...
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Satellite television is a service that delivers television programming to viewers by relaying it from a communications satellite orbiting the Earth directly...
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Starlink (redirect from SpaceX satellite development facility)
Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by Starlink Services, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX, providing...
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A satellite navigation or satnav system is a system that uses satellites to provide autonomous geopositioning. A satellite navigation system with global...
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A natural satellite is, in the most common usage, an astronomical body that orbits a planet, dwarf planet, or small Solar System body (or sometimes another...
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A satellite telephone, satellite phone or satphone is a type of mobile phone that connects to other phones or the telephone network by radio link through...
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A satellite state or dependent state is a country that is formally independent but under heavy political, economic, and military influence or control...
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Satellite images (also Earth observation imagery, spaceborne photography, or simply satellite photo) are images of Earth collected by imaging satellites...
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