1. (n.) An attendant attached to a prince or other powerful person; hence, an obsequious dependent.

2. (n.) A secondary planet which revolves about another planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See Solar.

3. (a.) Situated near; accompanying; as, the satellite veins, those which accompany the arteries.

ATDA ATS Alouette Anna Apollo Ariel Atlas-Score Biosatellite Comsat Cosmos Courier Diapason Discoverer ERS Early Bird Echo Elektron Explorer GATV Gemini Injun Intelsat Lofti Luna Lunar Orbiter Lunik Mariner Mars probes Mercury Midas Nimbus OAO OGO OSO Pageos Pegasus Pioneer Proton Ranger Relay Samos San Marco Secor Sputnik Surveyor Syncom Telstar Transit Vanguard Viking Voskhod WRESAT Zond accompanying acolyte adherent aide aide-de-camp ally ancillary appendage archduchy archdukedom artificial satellite artificial satellites assistant attendance attendant attending body of retainers body politic buff buffer state captive nation cavaliere servente chieftaincy chieftainry city-state cohort coincident collateral colony commonweal commonwealth communications satellite cortege country county court courtier creature crescent crescent moon dangler decrescent decrescent moon demilune dependant dependent disciple domain dominion duchy dukedom dummy earldom empery empire entourage fan favorite figurehead flunky follower following free city full moon geo probe geodetic satellite geophysical satellite gibbous moon gillie goon grand duchy half-moon hanger-on harvest moon heeler helper henchman homme de cour incident increscent increscent moon jackal kingdom lackey land lieutenant man mandant mandate mandated territory mandatee mandatory minion moon myrmidon nation nationality navigational satellite new moon orb of night parasite partisan polis polity possession power principality principate probe protectorate province public puppet puppet government puppet regime pursuer pursuivant queen of heaven queen of night realm republic research satellite retainer retinue right-hand man robot satellite rout sectary seneschalty servant settlement shadow sidekick silvery moon sovereign nation space probe space satellite spacecraft sputnik state stooge successor suite sultanate superpower supporter sycophant tagtail tail territory the wandering Moon thug toparchia toparchy train trainbearer unmanned satellite vassal votary waning crescent moon waning moon ward heeler waxing crescent moon waxing moon weather satellite wet moon