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View synonyms for communications satellite
communications satellite
noun
- an artificial earth satellite that facilitates communications, as radio, television, and telephone transmissions, by means of the reflection or the amplification and retransmission of signals between stations on earth or in space.
communications satellite
noun
- an artificial satellite used to relay radio, television, and telephone signals around the earth, usually in geostationary orbit
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Word History and Origins
Origin of communications satellite1
First recorded in 1960–65
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Example Sentences
Two years later, a Russian satellite crashed into a communications satellite owned by the company Iridium.
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