one of a series of privately financed geosynchronous communications satellites that provide television, voice, and data transmissions to the U.S
Word origin
[1965–70; sat(ellite) com(munications)]This word is first recorded in the period 1965–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Coriolis effect, Finlandization, double-book, genetic engineering, hired gun
Examples of 'satcom' in a sentence
satcom
They said that the typical backdoor to a commercial ship's computer systems was through its satellite communications (satcom) system.