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.

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Civil twilight

Aerospace; Space flight

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

Channel

Aerospace; Space flight

In telemetry, one particular measurement to which changing values may be assigned. See Chapter 10.

Chandler wobble

Aerospace; Space flight

A small motion in the Earth's rotation axis relative to the surface, discovered by American astronomer Seth Carlo Chandler in 1891. Its amplitude is about 0.7 arcseconds (about 15 metres on the ...

Deep space communications complex (DSCC)

Aerospace; Space flight

One of three DSN tracking sites at Goldstone, California; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia; spaced about equally around the Earth for continuous tracking of deep-space vehicles.