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space platform

American  

space platform British  

noun

  1. another name for space station

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of space platform

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

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In another simulation, the team shot off dust from a space platform about 1 million miles from Earth.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

“We were very plugged into conversations happening online, which informed how conscious we were about creating a brand-new space, platform and project,” Diosa said of their Latina focus.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2020

Allen says his enormous airplane and spaceship system will go to “the next big step: a private orbital space platform business.”

From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2011

Allen says his enormous airplane and spaceship system will go to "the next big step: a private orbital space platform business."

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2011

They had only to take seats on the rocket, and their six years on the space platform would be at an end.

From Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet by Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)