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Satellite telephone, brilliant (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

telstar

'satellite' is the definition.
(US satellite programme)

'telephone brilliant' is the wordplay.
'telephone' becomes 'tel' (short for telephone).
'brilliant' becomes 'star' (star can mean brilliant eg star performer).
'tel'+'star'='TELSTAR'

(Other definitions for telstar that I've seen before include "Old satellite" , "Communications satellite" , "Communication satellite" , "Early sixties satellite" , "Distant transmitter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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