a global communications satellite network under international control
2.
a communications satellite launched by this organization
Also: INTELSAT
Word origin
[1965–70; In(ternational) Tel(ecommunications) Sat(ellite Organization)]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, T cell, double-book, red-eye, stun gun