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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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S-band
Aerospace; Space flight
A range of microwave radio frequencies in the neighbourhood of 2 to 4 ghz.
Satellite
Aerospace; Space flight
A small body which orbits a larger one. A natural or an artificial moon. Earth-orbiting spacecraft are called satellites. While deep-space vehicles are technically satellites of the sun or of another ...
Synthetic aperture radar (SAR)
Aerospace; Space flight
A radar whose defining characteristic is its use of relative motion between an antenna and its target region to provide distinctive long-term coherent-signal variations that are exploited to obtain ...
Solar array (SA)
Aerospace; Space flight
A packaged interconnected assembly of solar cells, also known as photovoltaic cells. The solar panel can be used as a component of a larger photovoltaic system to generate and supply electricity to ...
Space transportation system (STS)
Aerospace; Space flight
Another name for the space shuttle. Spacecraft used to transport astronauts or satellites into space.
Solid state imaging subsystem (SSI)
Aerospace; Space flight
Name for the CCD-based cameras used on Galileo.
Solid state amplifier (SSA)
Aerospace; Space flight
Solid State Amplifier in a spacecraft telecommunications subsystem, the final stage of amplification for downlink.
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