minisatellite
English
Noun
minisatellite (plural minisatellites)
- (genetics) A short series of bases that reoccurs many times in a genome
- (space science) A small satellite
- Meanwhile, other members of ESA’s Proba minisatellite family – each smaller than a cubic metre – will be looking downwards, attempting to capture views of the Moon’s shadow as it crosses Earth.[1]
- (space science) an artificial satellite massing between 100 and 500 kilograms
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Related terms
- minisatellite family
References
- “ESA MINISATELLITES TO FOLLOW EUROPE’S SOLAR ECLIPSE”, in (Please provide the title of the work) (HTML, in English), ESA, 2015-03-13, archived from the original on 2015-03-13, retrieved 2015-03-16
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