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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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traveling wave tube (TWT)

Aerospace; Space flight

Downlink power amplifier in a spacecraft used to amplify radio frequency signals to high power, usually in an electronic assembly known as a traveling-wave tube amplifier (TWTA). Telecommunications ...

two-way non-coherent mode (TWNC)

Aerospace; Space flight

Describing a spacecraft's downlink is not based upon a received uplink from DSN.

two-way

Aerospace; Space flight

Communications mode consisting of downlink received from a spacecraft while uplink is being received at the spacecraft. See also coherent.

twilight

Aerospace; Space flight

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

true anomaly

Aerospace; Space flight

The angular distance of a point in an orbit past the point of periapsis, measured in degrees.

transponder

Aerospace; Space flight

Electronic device which combines a transmitter and a receiver.

transit

Aerospace; Space flight

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

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