Satellite antenna

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Shortcode
:satellite:
Shortcode
:satellite_antenna:
Unicode
U+1F4E1
HTML
📡
CSS
\1F4E1
JavaScript
"\u{1F4E1}"
URL
%F0%9F%93%A1

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What ๐Ÿ“ก means

A satellite dish. It means signals, broadcasting and trying to make contact.

People use it for bad reception, live broadcasts, or "is anyone out there" moments. Space and alien fans pair it with ๐Ÿ‘ฝ and ๐Ÿ›ธ. It can also mean picking up on gossip or vibes.

Facts

Satellite antenna ๐Ÿ“ก is an emoji in the objects category, under science. It is one of the early emoji from Japanese phones, standardized in Unicode 6.0 (2010). On GitHub, Slack and other apps you can type it as :satellite: or :satellite_antenna:. People also look for it with words like โ€œaliensโ€, โ€œantennaโ€, โ€œcontactโ€, or โ€œdishโ€.

Timeline

  1. 2010Added to the emoji standard (Unicode 6.0)

Design history

Google (Noto)

  1. satellite antenna, Google (Noto) design from 20152015
  2. satellite antenna, Google (Noto) design from 20172017
  3. satellite antenna, Google (Noto) design from 20212021

Twemoji (X, Discord)

  1. satellite antenna, Twemoji (X, Discord) design from 20142014

Google Noto Emoji images: Apache 2.0. Twemoji graphics by X Corp and contributors: CC-BY 4.0.

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