Satellite (disambiguation)

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
  • Minisatellite
  • Microsatellite
• 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