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artificial satellite

Definition: *
Any man-made object placed in a near-periodic orbit in which it moves mainly under the gravitational influence of one celestial body, such as the earth, sun, another planet, or a planet's moon.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
equipment
narrower terms
observation satellite
related terms
satellite
  satellite image
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
INDUSTRY, CRAFTS; TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENTS
Themes:
industry
information
space
Other relations:
Has exact match
AGROVOC: artificial satellites
Wikipedia article
Satellite
Arabic: قمر صناعي
Basque: satelite artifizial
Bulgarian: Изкуствен спътник
Catalan: satèl·lits artificials
Chinese: 人造卫星
Croatian: umjetni satelit
Czech: družice umělá
Danish: satellit
Dutch: kunstmaan
English: artificial satellite
Estonian: tehiskaaslane
Finnish: tekokuu
French: satellite
German: Künstlicher Satellit
Greek: τεχνητός δορυφόρος
Hungarian: mesterséges bolygó/műhold
Irish: satailít shaorga
Italian: satellite artificiale
Latvian: mākslīgais pavadonis
Lithuanian: dirbtinis palydovas
Maltese: satellita artifiċjali
Norwegian: kunstig satellitt
Polish: sztuczny satelita
Portuguese: satélites artificiais
Romanian: satelit artificial
Russian: искусственный спутник
Slovak: umelá družica
Slovenian: umetni satelit
Spanish: satélites artificiales
Swedish: rymdsatellit
Turkish: uydu
Ukrainian: штучний супутник
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/587>