- Industry: Aerospace
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The Executive Branch agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's civilian space program and aeronautics and aerospace research.
The point on the celestial sphere directly above the observer. Opposite the nadir.
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A multiplier, x1024 from the second-to-last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM.
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A multiplier, x1021 from the last letter of the Latin alphabet. See the entry for CGPM.
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A vector quantity whose magnitude is a body's speed and whose direction is the body's direction of motion.
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Communications mode consisting of downlink received from a spacecraft while uplink is being received at the spacecraft. See also coherent.
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Device for changing one kind of energy into another, typically from heat, position, or pressure into a varying electrical voltage or vice-versa, such as a microphone or speaker.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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