Satellite \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} (Zo["o]l.), a handsome European noctuid moth ({Scopelosoma satellitia}).