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Recent Examples of satellites
SpaceX builds and operates spacecraft, as well as thousands of satellites deployed in support of its Starlink satellite internet service.
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Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
The rocket deployed operational satellites for China’s Qianfan megaconstellation, which is designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service.
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Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
That said, Apple has not guaranteed that access to satellites will be available free forever — it’s initially offered for two years from the purchase of the handset, though Apple has extended this period for the first phones that had satellite features, such as the iPhone 14 series.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Those satellites, under development by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab, carried an average cost of about $16 million per spacecraft, significantly more than the cost of a single satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink or Starshield assembly line.
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ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Prior to the merger news, Globalstar was preparing its own next-generation C-3 constellation of 48 satellites to upgrade the satellite connectivity on Apple iPhones.
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Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
The company currently operates a network of more than 200 satellites and is preparing to roll out its satellite internet services later this year.
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Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 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.
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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.
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Eric Lagatta,
AZCentral.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
16 June 2026
The rocket deployed operational satellites for China’s Qianfan megaconstellation, which is designed to rival SpaceX’s Starlink satellite Internet service.
—
Claire Cameron,
Scientific American,
1 June 2026
That said, Apple has not guaranteed that access to satellites will be available free forever — it’s initially offered for two years from the purchase of the handset, though Apple has extended this period for the first phones that had satellite features, such as the iPhone 14 series.
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David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Those satellites, under development by York Space Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Rocket Lab, carried an average cost of about $16 million per spacecraft, significantly more than the cost of a single satellite from SpaceX’s Starlink or Starshield assembly line.
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ArsTechnica,
27 May 2026
Prior to the merger news, Globalstar was preparing its own next-generation C-3 constellation of 48 satellites to upgrade the satellite connectivity on Apple iPhones.
—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
The company currently operates a network of more than 200 satellites and is preparing to roll out its satellite internet services later this year.
—
Reuters,
NBC news,
14 Apr. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for satellites
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For example, a group of minions might be pretending to fight a group of Vikings on a movie set, or enough alien spaceships to fill the entire screen appear and shoot their lasers at once.
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And minions have taken over Wendy’s frosty machines with a new banana flavor.
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The remains of two Army soldiers who went missing while off duty from military exercises in Morocco were recovered in May, according to the Army.
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The soldiers went missing on May 2 near the Cap Draa Training Area near the city of Tan Tan in southwestern Morocco, USA TODAY previously reported.
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And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.
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Now, Lilith must team up with Cinderella (Amanda Seyfried) to fight biker trolls, outrun evil henchmen, and escape the Screaming Woods on an epic quest to save the kingdom, but most importantly, their relationship.
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After Wally springs her from the Shaw's clutches, the group manages to lure the couple and some of their lackeys into the makeshift particle accelerator trap that former engineer Sam built out of old cathode-ray tube TVs.
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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.
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Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
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Trump’s worried sycophants probably know that the details of an eventual agreement likely do not matter very much at this point.
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Once inside a world, the missionaries split up and seek out small groups chatting in quieter corners.
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Another stand-out category is Hawaiian quilts, which the expert says tend to feature large, bold floral designs and reflect traditional Hawaiian aesthetics that were adapted after quilting was introduced by missionaries.
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Xi’s brand of resentful nationalism, meanwhile, comes with a strong anti-American streak, and security apparatchiks see CIA spies everywhere.
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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.
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But the belief died hard, and photography spurred its adherents on.
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In 1619, the Calvinists outlawed their practices, driving adherents underground or into exile.
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“Satellites.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/satellites. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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