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Earth-pointing en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. Of a frame of reference, describing the orientation of a spacecraft relative to Earth.
    • Data from Earth sensor assemblies (ESAs) often are used in the attitude determination (AD) for both spinning and Earth-pointing spacecraft. 1995, J. Keat, M. Challa, D. Tracewell, K. Galal, “Earth Horizon Modeling and Application to Static Earth Sensors on TRMM Spacecraft”, in Kathy R. Hartman, editor, Flight mechanics estimation theory symposium 1995, page 229:
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Earth, pointing.
    • Communication from Earth, on channels E1 and E2, is received by the larger Earth-pointing antenna on the Ka band up link frequency. 1989, Deborah M. Badi, Jeffery T. Farmer, Paul A. Garn, Gary L. Martin, Coneceptual Design of a Synchronous Mars Telecommunications Satellite, page 10: