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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A large satellite equipped to support a human crew and designed to remain in orbit around Earth for an extended period and serve as a base for launching exploratory expeditions, conducting research, repairing satellites, and performing other space-related activities.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a manned artificial satellite orbiting the earth designed for extended occupation and use by multiple crews in succession.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a
manned artificial satellite designed forlong-term habitation ,research etc.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research
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