A satellite state, a satellite transmission, a satellite antenna, a satellite column, and even a satellite site. This common definition is used often and practically by all who talk about politics, engineering and technology. Moreover, its initial meaning is not known to everyone, but it seems that it means something ultra-modern, related to computers, communications, television or mechanics. Nevertheless, the word satelles (or derived from it in the genitive case satellitis) was used by the ancient Romans.
Satellite of ancient Roman nobles and planets
The nobles of Rome had constant companions monitoring their safety. Actually, they are present in today's powerful people of this world, and they are called differently. Some top-level figures patriotically use the Russian word “bodyguard”. Others, pro-Western, prefer something foreign, like "security" or "bodyguard." So, the ancient Roman satellite is a bodyguard guard.
When it became clear that the Moon revolves around the Earth, and not vice versa, it was also called in Latin in science. As long as there was only one satellite on our planet, and at the same time natural, astronomers also called it a satellite. The tradition was broken by our “satellite”, which entered the dictionaries of languages of the whole world. True, the Americans soon realized that after launching their own space orbiting vehicle they began to call it “satellite”, and the astronauts were called astronauts. Well, master-master. Who launches, he calls as he wants.
Also, satellite dishes are sometimes called satellite dishes. Such terminology is a direct consequence of translation from English.
Scientists and engineers with their satellites
Studying the cosmic structure of the Universe has generated many technical ideas. A planetary gear is a kinematic system consisting of gears, the smaller of which rotate not only around its own axis, but turn around the central gear. The meaning of the word satellite, adopted in mechanics, is the name of such gears. They are used in a variety of devices, from watches to complex construction machines and spacecraft.
But not only mechanics, but also optical physicists also use this term. In their understanding, a satellite is a part of the spectral scan, which, according to the wave theory, represents the harmonic of a brighter band.
Political satellites
Each strong country has its own geopolitical interests, which allies help to observe. True, there are always opponents. For example, Nazi Germany included Italy, Spain, Romania, Japan, Hungary and several other countries that did not have a special influence on the fate of Hitlerism in the list of friendly states. During the Second World War, each of them was called the offensive word "satellite". This not-so-flattering definition suggests that the government does not have its own foreign policy, and it blindly follows the imposed “big brother” course. Something similar is happening in some countries today, while imitation and submission to an imaginary ally diligently pretends to be a desire for independence, called "genuine".
