| Chinese | English |
| 人造卫星 | artificial satellite Any man-made object placed in a near-periodic orbit in which it moves mainly under the gravitational influence of one celestial body, such as the earth, sun, another planet, or a planet's moon (任何放置在接近周期性轨道的人工物体，主要依靠某个天体的重力进行运动，比如地球，太阳，其他星球，以及某个星球的卫星。) |
| 卫星 | satellite An object that orbits around a larger one. Artificial satellites orbiting the Earth are used for communications, the gathering of military intelligence, the monitoring of weather and other environmental phenomena, etc. (围绕更大的物体旋转的物体。绕地球旋转的人造卫星用于通讯、军事情报搜集、天气和其它环境现象监测等。) |
| 卫星图像 | satellite image A pictorial representation of data projected onto a two-dimensional grid of individual picture elements (pixels) and acquired from a human-made vessel placed in orbit round a planet, moon or star (一种图像显示，显示映射到独立的图形元素(像素)的二维网格中的数据。这些图像通过放置在行星、月亮或恒星轨道上的人造设备获得。) |
| 卫星城 | new town |
| 美国国家气象中心卫星资料服务处 | Satellite Data Services Division |
| 卫星雨水和云雾实验 | satellite precipitation and cloud experiment |
| 同步气象卫星 | synchronous meteorological satellite |
| 美国国家环境卫星中心 | National Environmental Satellite Center |
| 国家环境卫星数据和信息服务局 | National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service |
| 美国国家环境卫星服务局 | National Environmental Satellite Service |
| 对地静止的同步气象卫星 | geostationary meteorological satellite |
| 气象卫星研究合作研究所 | Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies |
| 气象卫星研究合作研究所地区同化系统 | Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies regional assimilation system |
| 气象卫星研究合作研究所地区同化系统 | CIMSS regional assimilation system |
| 污染监测卫星 | pollution monitoring satellite |
| 环境观测卫星 | environmental survey satellite |
| 观测卫星 | observation satellite Man-made device that orbits the earth, receiving, processing and transmitting signals and generating images such as weather pictures (沿地球轨道飞行的人造设备，接收、处理和传送信号，生成图像，如天气照片。) |
