[sat.el.lite] n [MF, fr. L satellit-, satelles attendant] (ca. 1548) 1: a hired agent or obsequious follower: minion, sycophant
2. a: a celestial body orbiting another of larger size b: a manufactured object or vehicle intended to orbit the earth, the moon, or another celestial body
3: someone or something attendant, subordinate, or dependent; esp: a country politically and economically dominated or controlled by another more powerful country
4: a usu. independent urban community situated near but not immediately adjacent to a large city -- satellite adj