Space flight

Space flight

Of or relating to the act of voyaging outside the Earth's atmosphere and into outer space, and the science involved in achieving it.

Industry: Aerospace

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Sunset

Aerospace; Space flight

For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.

Sunrise

Aerospace; Space flight

For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.

Subcarrier

Aerospace; Space flight

Modulation applied to a carrier which is itself modulated with information-carrying variations.

Transit

Aerospace; Space flight

For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.

Transducer

Aerospace; Space flight

Device for changing one kind of energy into another, typically from heat, position, or pressure into a varying electrical voltage or vice-versa, such as a microphone or speaker.

Transfer orbit stage, upper stage (TOS)

Aerospace; Space flight

An upper stage developed by Martin Marietta for Orbital Sciences Corporation during the late 1980s and early 1990s. The TOS was designed to be a lower-cost alternative to Inertial Upper Stage and ...