early bird

noun

1. a person who rises at an early hour.
2. a person who arrives before others, as for the purpose of gaining some advantage: The early birds got the best seats for the play.
3. (initial capital letters) Aerospace. the first of the Intelsat series of communications satellites, orbited (1965) by Intelsat.

noun

1. informal a person who rises early or arrives in good time

noun

1. one of a number of communications satellites, the first of which was launched in 1965 into a stationary orbit and provided telephone channels between Europe and the USSee also Intelsat