能のう動どう衛えい星せい

noun

active satellite

Technical term in aerospace and telecommunications; a satellite that carries its own power source and actively transmits signals, as opposed to a passive satellite that merely reflects them.

• 能のう動どう衛えい星せいは自みずから電でん波ぱを発はっ信しんする。

  An active satellite transmits radio waves on its own.