SATELLITE in a Sentence

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For SATELLITE, below is one of 17 sentences:
Four years ago, the country became the third African nation, after South Africa and Algeria, to launch an observation satellite.

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 Meanings and Examples of SATELLITE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
satellite
 n.  small body revolving around a larger one; subordinate
Classic Sentence:
1  Grantaire, Enjolras' true satellite, inhabited this circle of young men; he lived there, he took no pleasure anywhere but there; he followed them everywhere.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
2  Finally, there arose betwixt Isaac and his satellites a deadly feud, concerning the quantity of wine and ale to be allowed for consumption at each meal.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
3  As they advance themselves, they cause their satellites to progress also; it is a whole solar system on the march.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XII—THE SOLITUDE OF MONSEIGNEUR WELCOME
Example Sentence:
1  Four years ago, the country became the third African nation, after South Africa and Algeria, to launch an observation satellite.
2  U.S. officials say the satellite is a cover for Pyongyang's efforts to perfect missile technology.
3  A successful launch will make India the third Asian nation to place a satellite in lunar orbit.
4  Such frequencies can be extremely valuable to companies which provide wireless services such as mobile phone networks or satellite navigation systems.
5  The Israeli strikes on Gaza are being broadcast in grisly detail almost continually on Arab satellite networks.
6  Research aims to assess the response of Canada's landmass to climate change as captured by a long-term satellite earth observation records.
7  The World Cup was transmitted around the world by satellite.
8  Troop movements can be observed from space by a satellite.
9  Astronauts will make a final attempt today to rescue a communications satellite from its useless orbit.
10  The satellite will observe objects that are particularly interesting astronomically.
11  A European satellite that mapped Earth's gravitational field in exquisite detail will be pulled down by gravity to its fiery destruction sometime in the next few days.
12  Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to change the velocity of spacecraft and artificial satellites.
13  One of the four brightest satellites of Jupiter and the eighth in distance from the planet. Originally sighted by Galileo, it is one of the largest satellites in the solar system.
14  Mark Zuckerberg is putting together a lab where a team of Facebook engineers will build flying drones, satellites, and infrared lasers capable of beaming internet connections to people down here on earth.