| 单词 | earth satellite |
| 释义 | > as lemmasearth satellite earth satellite n. a satellite in orbit around the earth, esp. an artificial one. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > spacecraft > [noun] > satellite space station1930 artificial satellite1936 satellite1936 satellite station1945 earth satellite1949 space platform1951 space satellite1952 satelloid1955 sputnik1957 orbiter1958 1949 Rocket Jet Flying Spring 6 The ‘earth satellite vehicle program’..is the most imagination-firing news we've heard in quite a while. 1956 Collier's Year-bk. 48/2 Plans to launch an earth satellite were announced in the middle of 1955. 1969 Jrnl. Brit. Astron. Assoc. 79 263 The Cyrillids [sc. a meteor shower] had been due to the decay of temporary natural Earth satellites. 2000 H. W. Thistle & J. W. Barry in C. D. Whiteman Mountain Meteorol. xiv. 278 GPS, is a..system that uses signals transmitted from a constellation of polar orbiting earth satellites to determine position on the surface of the earth. < as lemmas |
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