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Narrator: Today's word is "Satellite" — noun, pronounced /ˈsætəlaɪt/, with the stress on "sat".
Narrator: A satellite is an object that moves around a planet, especially a machine sent into space for communications or observation.
Narrator: In plain English, it circles the Earth in space.
Narrator: It comes from Latin satelles, an attendant or guard.
Narrator: A common collocation is "satellite TV", which describes television received by dish.
Narrator: It differs from "planet", because planets orbit stars, while satellites orbit planets.
Narrator: In a second sense, a satellite town depends on a nearby bigger city.
Narrator: Space science, telecoms, navigation and planning all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: a satellite travels around something bigger.
Speaker A: How does my phone know where I am?
Speaker B: SATELLITES! It comes from Latin for an attendant.
Speaker A: GPS?
Speaker B: Several satellites at once.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "The satellite launched last night", space. "We watch satellite TV", home. "Satellite images show the flood", news.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Spell it with double "l", "satellite".
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Moon is its cousin, spacecraft its twin, and probe an alternative — yet satellite keeps its orbiting charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "satellite" in AI prompts — useful for mapping and space education.
Speaker A: How for mapping?
Speaker B: Imagery.
Prompt: Explain how to show satellite imagery as a layer on a web map.
Speaker A: And education?
Speaker B: Explain orbits.
Prompt: Explain how satellites stay in orbit for eleven-year-olds.
Speaker A: Could it help agriculture?
Speaker B: Yes, for monitoring.
Prompt: Describe how satellite data can show crop health across a farm.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Tracking.
Prompt: Build a page showing when the International Space Station passes over my town.
Satellite — meaning in Arabic & definition More S courses GL Dictionary