Satellite (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A satellite is an artificial object which has been intentionally placed into orbit.
Satellite or satellites may also refer to:
- Atmospheric satellite, an unmanned aerial vehicle that operates in the atmosphere at high altitudes for extended periods of time
- Natural satellite, an orbiting object not man-made and not in direct orbit around the Sun or another star; a moon
Communication
- Satellite television, television service provided over Earth-orbiting satellites
- Satellite radio, radio service provided over Earth-orbiting satellites
- Satellite Internet access, Internet service provided over Earth-orbiting satellites
Geography
- Satellite state, a dependent country
- Commuter town, a town within commuter range of a larger city
- Satellite campus, which is physically detached from the main campus
- Satellite Island (Tasmania), Australia
- Satellite Island (Washington), USA
- The Satellite, a small rock peak in Antarctica
Music
- Les Satellites, a French alternative rock band
- Satellite (Polish band), a Polish progressive rock band
- Satellite (US band), an alternative rock band from Los Angeles, California
- Satellite Records, original name (1957–1960) of Stax Records
- Satellites, an English musician also known as John Garrison
Albums
- Satellite (P.O.D. album), 2001
- Satellite (Panic Room album), 2010
- Satellite (The Player Piano album), 2007
- Satellite EP, a 2007 EP by Guster
Songs
- "Satellite" (Dave Matthews Band song), 1994
- "Satellite" (The Beloved song), 1996
- "Satellite" (P.O.D. song), 2001
- "Satellite" (Guster song), 2006
- "Satellite" (Axle Whitehead song), 2008
- "Satellite" (Jennifer Braun song), 2010
- "Satellite" (Lena Meyer-Landrut song), 2010
- "Satellite" (Rise Against song), 2011
- "Satellite" (The Kills song), 2011
- "Satellite", on John Coltrane's 1964 album Coltrane's Sound
- "Satellite", by the Sex Pistols
- "Satellite", on Def Leppard's 1980 album On Through the Night
- "Satellite", on Depeche Mode's 1982 album A Broken Frame
- "Satellite", on Elton John's 1985 album Ice on Fire
- "Satellite", on The Hooters's 1987 album ''One Way Home
- "Satellite", on Elvis Costello's 1989 album Spike
- "Satellite", on Yo La Tengo's 1992 album May I Sing with Me
- "Satellite", on Icehouse's 1993 album Big Wheel
- "Satellite", on Elliott Smith's 1995 album Elliott Smith
- "Satellite", on Catherine Wheel's 1997 album Adam and Eve
- "Satellite", on BT's 1999 album Movement in Still Life
- "Satellite", on Aimee Mann's 2000 album Bachelor No. 2 or, the Last Remains of the Dodo
- "Satellite", on Natalie Imbruglia's 2001 album White Lilies Island
- "Satellite", on TV on the Radio's 2003 EP Young Liars
- "Satellite", a stand-alone single release from 2004 by trance project OceanLab
- "Satellite", on Anna Nalick's 2005 album Wreck of the Day
- "Satellite", on Nine Inch Nails' 2013 album Hesitation Marks
- "Satellite", on Little Boots' 2013 album Nocturnes
- "Satellite", on All Time Low's 2015 album Future Hearts
- "Satellites" (song), on September's 2005 album In Orbit
- "Satellites", a 2005 song by Cherry Monroe
- "Satellites", on Beyoncé's 2008 album I Am... Sasha Fierce
- "Satellites", on James Blunt's 2013 album Moon Landing
- "Satellites", a 2015 Mew song from the album +-
- "Satelllliiiiiiiteee", on Flying Lotus' 2010 album Cosmogramma
- "Satellite," on Nickelback's 2014 album No Fixed Address
- "Satellites," on The Cinema's 2011 album My Blood Is Full of Airplanes
Science
- Satellite (biology), a sub-viral agent
- Satellite (moth), a species of moth
- Satellite DNA
- Beta satellite, a sequence of the human genome consisting of 68-69 base pair monomeric units repeated contiguously in long arrays up to 1 Megabase in length
- Satellite tornado, a smaller tornado that orbits around a larger "parent" tornado
Other uses
- Killer Satellites, video game Published/Developed by Starpath Corp. on Atari 2600.
- Satellite (software), an open source system management system developed by Red Hat
- NES Satellite, a Nintendo Entertainment System accessory
- Plymouth Satellite, any of several car models built by Plymouth in the 1960s and early 1970s
- Toshiba Satellite, a product line of notebook computers
- Satellite, the name for the old Domino City in the anime Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's
- Satellite portfolio, an investment strategy, see Core & Satellite
- Satellite tournament, a minor tournament or event on a competitive sporting tour
See also
- Atmospheric satellite, a non-orbital unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that operates in the atmosphere at high altitudes for extended periods of time
- Ciudad Satélite, in Naucalpan, Mexico
- Sattalites, a Canadian reggae group
- Satelight, an animation studio in Japan
- Satelit, a neighborhood of the city of Novi Sad