| 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. |
| com·mu·ni·ca·tions satellite (kə-myōō'nĭ-kā'shənz) n. An artificial satellite used to aid telecommunications, as by reflecting or relaying a radio signal. |