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SPACE PLATFORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does space platform mean?
• SPACE PLATFORM (noun)
The noun SPACE PLATFORM has 1 sense:
1. a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
Familiarity information: SPACE PLATFORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
space laboratory; space platform; space station
Hypernyms ("space platform" is a kind of...):
artificial satellite; orbiter; satellite (man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon)
Instance hyponyms:
Salyut (either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s)
Skylab (United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979)
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