The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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   2. (Astron.) A secondary planet which revolves about another
      planet; as, the moon is a satellite of the earth. See
      Solar system, under Solar.
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   Satellite moth (Zool.), a handsome European noctuid moth
      (Scopelosoma satellitia).
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