Satellite vs Rocket - What's the difference?
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A moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one.
A man-made apparatus designed to be placed in orbit around a celestial body, generally to relay information, data etc. to Earth.
A country, state, office, building etc. which is under the jurisdiction, influence, or domination of another body.
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(colloquial, uncountable) Satellite TV; reception of television broadcasts via services that utilize man-made satellite technology.
A rocket engine.
(military) A non-guided missile propelled by a rocket engine.
A vehicle propelled by a rocket engine.
A rocket propelled firework, a skyrocket
(slang) An ace (the playing card).
An angry communication (such as a letter or telegram) to a subordinate.
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A blunt lance head used in jousting.
To accelerate swiftly and powerfully
To fly vertically
To rise or soar rapidly
To carry something in a rocket
To attack something with rockets
The leaf vegetable Eruca sativa'' or ''Eruca vesicaria .
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As nouns the difference between satellite and rocket
is that satellite is a moon or other smaller body orbiting a larger one while rocket is a rocket engine.As a verb rocket is
to accelerate swiftly and powerfully.satellite
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Noun
(en noun)- The Moon is a natural satellite of the Earth.
- A spent upper stage is a derelict satellite .
- Many telecommunication satellites orbit at 36000km above the equator.
- We read in the Bible, that Nicanor'' the persecutor of Gods Law.
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- The unnamed chronicler in his Dupin stories was the first Dr. Watson type of satellite —a narrator who accompanies the detective on his exploits, exclaims over his brilliance.
- Do you have satellite at your house?
Derived terms
* anti-satellite * fixed satellite * satellite assembly * satellite broadcasting * satellite campus * satellite cell * satellite dish * satellite DNA * satellite hit * satellite image * satellite link * satellite moth * satellite navigation * satellite navigation system * satellite operation * satellite phone * satellite planet * satellite station * satellite telephone * satellite television * satellite tenant * satellite town * space satellite * spy satelliteUsage notes
The man-made telecommunication objects are sometimes called artificial satellites' to distinguish them from ' natural satellites such as the Moon.See also
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English
(wikipedia rocket)Etymology 1
From (etyl) rocchetta, from (etyl) . More at .Noun
(en noun)- While [Colonel Robert] Solborg and [Jacques] Lemaigre[-Dubreuil] were dreaming of revolts, had learned of Solborg’s insubordination and meddling. He sent him a “rocket ” ordering him out of North Africa and back to Lisbon at once. Solborg flew to Lisbon and then on to Washington to face out his problem with Donovan.
Derived terms
* chemical rocket * Congreve rocket * hybrid rocket * liquid rocket * nuclear rocket * rocket belt * rocket car * rocketeer * rocket launcher * rocket plane * rocketry * rocket science * rocket ship * rocket stage * skyrocket * snot rocket * solid rocket * space rocket * thermal rocket * water rocketSee also
* ICBMReferences
* Watkins, Calvert (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots'' 2nd edn., p. ,72, s.v. ''ruk- . Boston: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-618-08250-6. * Weisenberg, Michael (2000).The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523. *
