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Recent Examples of satellites
In December 2025 China reported a near miss between one of its satellites and a Starlink satellite.
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Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
SpaceX’s plan for up to 1 million satellites has also triggered astronomers, anti-light pollution groups, and other satellite rivals to protest, urging the FCC to deny the proposal.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
Search and rescue tools attached to these satellites are able to detect emergency distress signals transmitted by 406 beacons — devices that are specifically designed to ping the satellite.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Blue Origin claims the satellites positioned in medium Earth orbit will reach speeds of 6 terabits per second, which is much faster than the hundreds of megabits offered by today’s leading satellite networks.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Hegseth stopped by a manufacturing plant operated by Rocket Lab, an emerging company that builds satellites and provides small-satellite launch services for commercial and government customers.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the growing number of satellites in orbit has increased dramatically as private companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch large satellite constellations to deliver global broadband internet and other services.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 17 Mar. 2026
SpaceX’s plan for up to 1 million satellites has also triggered astronomers, anti-light pollution groups, and other satellite rivals to protest, urging the FCC to deny the proposal.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 11 Mar. 2026
Search and rescue tools attached to these satellites are able to detect emergency distress signals transmitted by 406 beacons — devices that are specifically designed to ping the satellite.
—Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2026
That allows Starlink's satellites to have lower latency and data time between user and the satellite, improving performance of things like streaming, online gaming and video calls.
—Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 28 Jan. 2026
Blue Origin claims the satellites positioned in medium Earth orbit will reach speeds of 6 terabits per second, which is much faster than the hundreds of megabits offered by today’s leading satellite networks.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 22 Jan. 2026
Hegseth stopped by a manufacturing plant operated by Rocket Lab, an emerging company that builds satellites and provides small-satellite launch services for commercial and government customers.
—Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2026
Starshield's unusual transmissions have the potential to interfere with other scientific and commercial satellites, warns Scott Tilley, an amateur satellite tracker in Canada who first spotted the signals.
—Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, the growing number of satellites in orbit has increased dramatically as private companies like SpaceX and Amazon launch large satellite constellations to deliver global broadband internet and other services.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
Noun
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Noem’s minions would defy and frustrate federal judges seeking basic information from DHS about the department’s compliance with court orders.—
Clarence Page,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2026
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Instead, his minions, so afraid of earning his wrath, have remained quiet.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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This brings the total to five Israeli soldiers killed in southern Lebanon since the conflict with Hezbollah reignited after the militant group fired rockets into Israel on March 2.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
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Nineteen people have died in Israel, while four Israeli soldiers have been killed in Lebanon.—
Farnoush Amiri,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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That is, until Krypto is poisoned by the henchmen of villain Krem of the Yellow Hills, with only three days to save him.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
31 Mar. 2026
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Researchers argued that career anxiety under autocracy creates both pro-regime henchmen and anti-regime plotters.—
Rafil Kroll-Zaidi,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Houston Chronicle,
25 Mar. 2026
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Trump wants Americans to believe that his opponents are of this ilk, with his lackeys casting activists as domestic terrorists for merely showing up to protests.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Mar. 2026
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To start the new Mideast war, Donnie acted on his own with no resistance from his sycophants, who have no backbones.—
Voice of the People,
New York Daily News,
3 Mar. 2026
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The Republican sycophants currently in office, out of fear, won’t stand up to him.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The missionaries helped build important institutions – schools, colleges, hospitals and medical schools – in Persia, many of which still exist.—
Daniel Thomas Potts,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
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Others see a need for a covert way to support missionaries.—
Bracey Harris,
NBC news,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The group ventriloquized the voices of authority—parents, school principals, cops, military officers, judges, politicians, newscasters, Soviet apparatchiks—and turned them into expressions of mass insanity.—
Andrew Katzenstein,
The New York Review of Books,
19 Mar. 2026
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This agitprop is vomited out 24/7 by Democrat media apparatchiks who were also unerringly described by Orwell in his novel 1984.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
11 Oct. 2025
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Leftism thus constitutes an ongoing search for new causes to fight on behalf of, in a way that mobilizes adherents and creates solidarity among them.—
Bradley Gitz,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
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Both romantic trends have adherents who spin their retreat from status quo romance as a kind of liberation from modern expectations, and who position their marital arrangement as the logical extension of a deeper political project.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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