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space platform

DEFINITIONS OF: space platform

1

n a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research

Synonyms:
space laboratory, space station
Examples:
Salyut
either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s
Skylab
United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979
Type of:
artificial satellite, orbiter, satellite
man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon
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