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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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