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Definition of earth station

: dish sense 3a(2) especially : one used primarily for receiving and transmitting television signals

Examples of earth station in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But not all earth stations would be protected under Ligado's proposal. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 26 June 2019 Each Kuiper satellite will be able to access two gateway earth stations as part of Amazon's plan to minimize downtime. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 8 July 2019

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First Known Use of earth station

1970, in the meaning defined above

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“Earth station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earth%20station. Accessed 10 Aug. 2022.

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