Meaning of Earth-pointing | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of a frame of reference, describing the orientation of a spacecraft relative to Earth.
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Earth, pointing.

Examples

“Data from Earth sensor assemblies (ESAs) often are used in the attitude determination (AD) for both spinning and Earth-pointing spacecraft.”

“Communication from Earth, on channels E1 and E2, is received by the larger Earth-pointing antenna on the Ka band up link frequency.”

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