English-French translations for satellite

• satellite
  Les télévisions par câble et satellite font le nécessaire à cet effet. Satellite and cable television have ensured that.
  Enfin, il faut mettre en place le contrôle par satellite. There needs to be satellite control.
  Services de communications personnelles par satellite Satellite personal communications services

Definition of satellite

• A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
• A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
• A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
• Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
• A grammatical construct that takes various forms and may encode a path of movement, a change of state, or the grammatical aspect. Examples: "a bird flew '''past'''"; "she turned '''on''the light
• To transmit by satellite

Examples

• The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth
• A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite
• Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
• Do you have satellite at your house?

Related words

• antisatellite
• anti-satellite
• microsatellite
• minisatellite
• biosatellite
• nanosatellite
• picosatellite
• satellite-framing
• satellite measurement