The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word ORBITER
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result ORBITER
- Rankers maybe fly spacecraft
- Round puncture in skin of rover spacecraft
- Weird tribe in gold planet
- Men perhaps fly spacecraft, say
- Perhaps satellite organisation has small part for middle daughter
- Old piece about King and Queen in spaceship
- One circling gold tooth?
- Spacecraft has alternative grip to hand
- Satellite tour regularly confronting snapper
- Satellite broadcast aberration cut off early with areas missed
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The straight part
We know that "Satellite perhaps" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case satellite perhaps = orbiter.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does ORBITER mean?
ORBITER noun- An object that orbits another, especially a spacecraft that orbits a planet etc. without landing on it.
- (pickup community) A person who constantly hangs around with someone they are attracted to, but too shy to talk to.