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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.
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Tera (T)
Aerospace; Space flight
A multiplier x1012, from the Greek teras (monster). See the entry for CGPM.
Termination shock
Aerospace; Space flight
Shock at which the solar wind is thought to slow to subsonic speed, well inside the heleopause.
Two-way
Aerospace; Space flight
Communications mode consisting of downlink received from a spacecraft while uplink is being received at the spacecraft. See also coherent.
Twilight
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
True anomaly
Aerospace; Space flight
The angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis, measured in degrees.
Wavelength
Aerospace; Space flight
The distance that a wave from a single oscillation of electromagnetic radiation will propagate during the time required for one oscillation.
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