ground station

Earth-based antenna facility

A ground station is a facility on Earth that communicates with satellites, spacecraft, or aircraft.

Ground stations send commands, receive data, and track objects in flight.

The term distinguishes Earth-based equipment from its airborne or orbital counterparts: The ground station lost contact with the satellite during reentry.

tracking

antenna

Broadcast signal receiver

telemetryDistant automated data collection
satelliteOrbiting celestial body
downlinkSpacecraft-to-Earth transmission

uplink · signal · dish · receiver · transmitter · mission control · spacecraft · communication · radar · monitoring

remote sensing

imagery

Vivid descriptive language

data acquisitionCollecting information from sources
satelliteOrbiting celestial body
geospatialRelating to earth-position data

NOAA · multispectral · thermal imaging · resolution · processing · archive · real-time · reception · calibration · validation

Categories

spaceflightlaunch, astronaut, spacecraft, liftoff, orbit
stationsworkstation, waystation, substation, firehouse, depot
broadcast equipmentbroadcast camera, broadcast tower, broadcast antenna, antenna array, transmitter
broadcast facilitiesbroadcast studio, broadcast towers, broadcast tower, broadcast equipment, broadcast center
Environmental Monitoringsensor, data logger, remote sensing, satellite, buoy
military facilitiesmilitary base, command center, army base, air force base, headquarters

Opposites

location/domain of operation

ground stationsatellite

Orbiting celestial body

spacecraft · space station · orbiter · communications satellite · relay satellite

mobility in communication systems

ground stationmobile unit

Transportable operational group

Family

station, ground, background, underground, grounds, playground, stationary, grounded, groundwork

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