Satellites

Satellites

Of or relating to any man-made object launched to orbit Earth or another celestial body.

Industry: Aerospace

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equatorial orbit

Aerospace; Satellites

An orbit with a plane parallel to the earth's equator.

elevation

Aerospace; Satellites

The angle measured in the local vertical plane between the satellite and the local horizon. It is the vertical co-ordinate that is used to align a satellite antenna.

encoder

Aerospace; Satellites

A device used to electronically alter a signal so that it can only be viewed on a receiver equipped with a special decoder.

engineering service circuit (ESC)

Aerospace; Satellites

The 300-3,400 Hertz voice plus teletype (S+DX) channel used for earth station-to-earth station and earth station-to-operations center communications for the purpose of system maintenance, ...

effective isotropic radiated power (EIRP)

This term describes the strength of the signal leaving the satellite antenna or the transmitting earth station antenna, and is used in determining the C/N and S/N. The transmit power value in units ...

dual spin

Aerospace; Satellites

Spacecraft design whereby the main body of the satellite is spun to provide altitude stabilization, and the antenna assembly is despun by means of a motor and bearing system in order to continually ...