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