space tracking station

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• tracking station — tracking .station n a place from which objects moving in space, such as ↑satellites and ↑rockets, can be recognized and followed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• tracking station — tracking ,station noun count a place where scientists check and record the movements of space vehicles and SATELLITES …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• tracking station — Synonyms and related words: CIC, Combat Information Center, advance base, beacon station, bunker, control center, control station, direction finder station, display station, fixed station, home station, impact area, inner station, launching base …   Moby Thesaurus

• Space Tracking and Surveillance System — The United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is developing a Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) which it will use to research the space based detection and tracking of ballistic missiles. Data from STSS satellites could allow… …   Wikipedia

• tracking station — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tracking station : singular tracking station plural tracking stations a place where scientists check and record the movements of space vehicles and satellites …   English dictionary

• Orroral Valley Tracking Station — The former Orroral Valley space tracking station site, October 2003. The Orroral Valley tracking station ( …   Wikipedia

• Muchea Tracking Station — Established in 1960, Muchea Tracking Station (near Perth, Western Australia) was built specifically for NASA s Project Mercury. It was Station No. 8 of 14 sites around the world used throughout the project. The only other Australian site was No.… …   Wikipedia

• tracking station — /ˈtrækɪŋ steɪʃən/ (say traking stayshuhn) noun a station used for following an object, especially a satellite, moving through the atmosphere or space, usually by means of radio or radar …  

• tracking station — noun (C) a place from which objects moving in space, such as satellites and rockets, can be recognized and followed …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station — Honeysuckle Creek was a NASA tracking station near Canberra, Australia, which played an important role in supporting Project Apollo. The station was opened in 1967 and closed in 1981.Its most noted achievement was providing the world with the… …   Wikipedia

• Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station — thumb|Hawaii Tracking Station emblem. By Earl Kokobun, 1983The Kaena Point Satellite Tracking Station is a United States Air Force military installation in Kaena Point on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. It is a remote tracking station of the Air… …   Wikipedia