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Aerospace

Industry that includes methods of travel and spacecraft for navigating the air or space.

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Aerospace > Space flight

local time

Aerospace; Space flight

Time adjusted for location around the Earth or other planets in time zones.

large magellanic cloud (LMC)

Aerospace; Space flight

The larger of two small galaxies orbiting nearby our Milky Way galaxy, which are visible from the southern hemisphere.

light year

Aerospace; Space flight

A measure of distance, the distance light travels in one year, about 63,197 AU.

light speed

Aerospace; Space flight

299,792 km per second, the constant c.

light time

Aerospace; Space flight

The amount of time it takes light or radio signals to travel a certain distance at light speed.

low-gain antenna onboard a spacecraft (LGA)

Aerospace; Space flight

A small antenna onboard a spacecraft that provides low amplification of either transmitted or received radio signals. Lgas have wide antenna patterns and therefore do not require ...

light

Aerospace; Space flight

Electromagnetic radiation in the neighborhood of 1 nanometer wavelength.