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   ocr: What 1S a satellite? As satellite 1S anything 1n space that orbits (circles) something else. The Moon 1S a natural satellite of the Earth. However, the Earth is also surrounded by hundreds of man-made satellites used for communicating intormation around the world. These come 1n1 many ditterent shapes and sizes - some are huge spinning cylinders, while others look like vast boxes with wings attached to them. Signals are usually sent up to satellites from large dish-shaped aerials, like the one you can see in the pinball game. The satellite collects the signal and sends it to another receiving d ...