communications satellite
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Broadcastingcommunications satellitecomˌmuniˈcations ˌsatellite noun [countable] TCBa satellite that is used to send radio, television, and telephone signals around the worldExamples from the Corpuscommunications satellite• The second stage of the rocket carrying Intelsat 6, the world's biggest communications satellite, failed to separate.• There were no reports of communications satellite failures.