单词 | satellite tracking |
释义 | > as lemmassatellite tracking satellite tracking n. the use of a satellite or satellites to track the movements of something; (also occasionally) the tracking of an artificial satellite or satellites.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΚΠ 1956 Sci. News Let. 4 Feb. 68/2 Dr. J. Allen Hynek will be associate director of the Satellite Tracking Program. 1963 R. M. Endlich & R. L. Mancuso Objective & Dynamical Stud. of Trop. Weather Phenomena (U.S. Def. Document Center for Sci. & Techn. Information) 3 It is to be hoped that difficulties due to lack of data and of communication facilities will be resolved in the next decade by use of satellite observations of clouds, satellite tracking of constant-level balloons, use of remote reporting stations, etc. 1969 Listener 20 Feb. 233/2 Satellite tracking is not as easy as it appears. 1988 P. Wayburn Adventuring in Alaska (rev. ed.) iv. 301 The Steese Highway has numerous historical sites as well as a NASA satellite tracking facility alongside it that is open to the public. 2017 Sunday Times (Ireland ed.) (Nexis) 21 May (Business section) 6 While there is great fanfare about the prospect of millions of cars zooming across roads under the guidance of electronic sensors and satellite tracking, the finer details–like who pays the bill for a crash–are still being worked out. < as lemmas |
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