"Sleeping Satellite" was the debut single by the British singer songwriter Tasmin Archer, released in 1992. The song was a number one in the United Kingdom, and was also an international hit.

Although first released in 1992, Archer and her co writers wrote the song in the late 1980s, but it was only when Archer got a record deal that the song saw the light of day.

Four instruments were used in the recording of "Sleeping Satellite", John Hughes and Robbie McIntosh provided the guitars in the song, and John Beck and Paul Wickens were keyboard players. The drummer was Graham Broadhead whilst Gary Maughan played Fairlight.

Archer sings backing vocals on the track along with Tessa Niles and Carol Kenyon.

The lyrics of the song reference the Apollo Missions of the 1960s, characterised as "man's greatest adventure"; the sleeping satellite of the title being The Moon.

"Sleeping Satellite" was released in the United Kingdom on 31 August 1992, and swiftly rose up the charts in the United Kingdom to the number one spot, replacing "Ebeneezer Goode" by The Shamen. It stayed there for two weeks, before being dethroned by Boyz II Men’s "End of the Road".

The song was a multiformat success in the United States. The song hit the Modern Rock Tracks chart the last week of February 1993. Inching up to a peak of #12, it was her best showing on any chart in the United States, but the song gradually proved its crossover potential in April, when it appeared first on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart, and the following week hit the main chart.

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