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sub-satellite

sub-satellite is the alternative form of subsatellite.

Meaning of subsatellite

Noun

subsatellite (plural subsatellites)

  1. A component of a satellite that is released once in orbit
  2. (celestial dynamics) A satellite that orbits another satellite

Forms of sub-satellite

pluralsub-satellites

Questions about sub-satellite

What is sub-satellite the alternative form of?
Sub-satellite is the alternative form of subsatellite.

Words near sub-satellite in the dictionary

  1. sub-Sahara
  2. sub-Saharan
  3. Sub-Saharan Africa
  4. sub-Saharans
  5. sub-sat
  6. sub-satellite
  7. sub-satellites
  8. sub-sats
  9. sub-Saturn
  10. sub-Saturns
  11. sub-second

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sub-satellite (page history and authors); subsatellite (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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