Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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Receiver sensitivity

Aerospace; Satellites

Expressed in dBm this tells how much power the detector must receive to achieve a specific baseband performance, such as a specified bit error rate or signal to noise ratio.

Post telephone and telegraph administration (PTT)

Aerospace; Satellites

Refers to operating agencies directly or indirectly controlled by governments in charge of telecommunications services in most countries of the world.

Amplifier

Aerospace; Satellites

A device used to boost the strength of an electronic signal.

ground control points (gcp)

Aerospace; Satellites

Images of recognizable and geometric correction of this image, which is used to determine the geographic location of a known property.

candling

Aerospace; Satellites

Light that traveled through a medium without being absorbed or scattered.

Waveguide

Aerospace; Satellites

A metallic microwave conductor, typically rectangular in shape, used to carry microwave signals into and out of microwave antennas.

Splitter

Aerospace; Satellites

A passive device (one with no active electronic components) which distributes a television signal carried on a cable in two or more paths and sends it to a number of receivers simultaneously.