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noun

an artificial earth satellite that facilitates communications, as radio, television, and telephone transmissions, by means of the reflection or the amplification and retransmission of signals between stations on earth or in space.

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Origin of communications satellite

First recorded in 1960–65

Words nearby communications satellite

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British Dictionary definitions for communications satellite

communications satellite

noun

an artificial satellite used to relay radio, television, and telephone signals around the earth, usually in geostationary orbit

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