- satellite
- nounADJECTIVE▪ commercial, research▪ military, reconnaissance, spy▪ meteorological, weather▪ communications, GPS▪ artificial▪ geostationaryVERB + SATELLITE▪ launch▪ put into orbit, send into orbit▪ put into space, send into spaceSATELLITE + VERB▪ be in orbit, orbit sth▪
About 100 Russian satellites are orbiting the earth.
▪ detect sth, monitor sth, track sth▪a new satellite that monitors changes in the environment
▪ provide▪American reconnaissance satellites provide images of the earth.
SATELLITE + NOUN▪ image, imagery, photo, photograph, picture▪high-resolution satellite imagery
▪ broadcast▪ data▪ feed, link▪The pictures are broadcast through a live satellite link with Tokyo.
▪ communications, system, technology▪ dish, receiver▪ phone, radio, television, TV▪ navigation▪ broadcaster, channel, company, provider (esp. AmE), stationPREPOSITION▪ from a/the satellite▪images from satellites
▪ via satellite▪The game will be broadcast via satellite.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.