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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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superior conjunction
Aerospace; Space flight
Alignment between Earth and a planet on the far side of the sun.
superior planet
Aerospace; Space flight
Planet which orbits farther from the sun than Earth's orbit.
sun synchronous orbit
Aerospace; Space flight
A spacecraft orbit that precesses, wherein the location of periapsis changes with respect to the planet's surface so as to keep the periapsis location near the same local time on the planet each ...
sunset
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
sunrise
Aerospace; Space flight
For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
subcarrier
Aerospace; Space flight
Modulation applied to a carrier which is itself modulated with information-carrying variations.
