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Another word for satellite

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satellite

n.

A small planet that revolves around a larger one
moon, planetoid, minor planet, secondary planet, inferior planet, asteroid.
A man-made object put into orbit around a celestial body
space satellite, robot satellite, unmanned satellite, space station, orbital rocket, artificial moon, spacecraft, man-made moon, communications satellite, spy satellite, weather satellite, relay satellite, sputnik, satellite station, spy-in-the-sky.
Well known man-made satellites include: Tiros, Discoverer, Sputnik, Syncom, Early Bird, Echo, Telstar, Relay, Nimbus, Secor, Skylab, Soyuz, Mir, Ranger, Comstar, Voyager, Explorer, Intelsat, GOES, Viking, Landsat, NAVSTAR.
A smaller country dependent upon a larger one
protectorate, dependency, former colony, buffer state, mandate.

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Another word for satellite

noun

One who supports and adheres to another:

adherent, cohort, disciple, follower, henchman, minion, partisan, supporter. See over, precede

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More data will come online, from satellite images to sensor readings.
The mountainous configuration of the moon's surface was there first described, and the so-called "phosphorescence" of the dark portion of our satellite attributed to its true cause--namely, illumination by sunlight reflected from the earth.
Satellite photos can uncover those who would transgress the rules.
Carpenter, The Moon, Considered as a Planet, a World and a Satellite (London, 1903; fine illustrations); E.
The Methuen Treaty, signed on the 2 7th of December 1703, detached Portugal from the French alliance, and made her for more than 50 years a commercial and political satellite of Great Britain.

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