Satellite Transmitter (Noun)
Meaning
A transmitter on a communications satellite.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The communications satellite uses a powerful satellite transmitter to send television signals to remote areas of the country.
- Scientists closely monitored the health of the satellite transmitter during its long journey through space.
- Because the satellite transmitter has broken down, hundreds of villages lost access to satellite television and internet services.
- By the late 1980s, television channels around the world had switched to satellite transmitters, vastly increasing global broadcast range.
- New innovations in space exploration now focus on launching reusable launch systems, satellite transmitters and receiver devices, satellite reflector materials.