satellite
    adj 1: surrounding and dominated by a central authority or
           power; "a city and its satellite communities"
    n 1: man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
         [syn: satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter]
    2: a person who follows or serves another [syn: satellite,
       planet]
    3: any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
    v 1: broadcast or disseminate via satellite

Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, n. [F., fr. L. satelles, -itis, an
   attendant.]
   1. An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful
      person; hence, an obsequious dependent. "The satellites of
      power." --I. Disraeli.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
      planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
      Solar system, under Solar.
      [1913 Webster]

   Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
      (Scopelosoma satellitia).
      [1913 Webster]

Satellite \Sat"el*lite\, a. (Anat.)
   Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those
   which accompany the arteries.
   [1913 Webster]