Satellite Emoji

Travel

A silver-colored orbital satellite with large, flat solar panels extending from its central body. The design reflects a typical communications or research satellite floating in the vacuum of space.

Usage Context

Used to discuss space travel, high-speed internet connectivity, GPS navigation, or global telecommunications. People often use it when posting about weather tracking or deep-space discovery, frequently paired with the 🚀 or 🌍 emojis.

History

Added in Unicode 7.0 in 2014, the satellite emoji reflects the rapid expansion of private space industry and the growing public reliance on satellite-based technologies like satellite radio and global positioning systems.

Details

Glyph

🛰

Unicode

U+1F6F0

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f6f0:

HTML Entity

&#xD83D;&#xDEF0;

Specifications

Vendor Microsoft

Category Travel

Subcategory transport-air

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License MIT

Microsoft Fluent License

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