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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.
Mass per unit volume. For example, the density of water can be stated as 1 gram/cm3.
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The measure of a celestial body's apparent height above or below the celestial equator.
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Db, an expression of ratio (see db, above). One tenth of a Bel. See NIST website for further definition.
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A configuration in which two celestial bodies have their least apparent separation.
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Two-way communications mode wherein the spacecraft generates its downlink frequency based upon the frequency of the uplink it receives.
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For technical definition, please follow this link to the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications website.
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In telemetry, one particular measurement to which changing values may be assigned. See Chapter 10.
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