space platform

American  

noun

1. space station.

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space platform British  

noun

1. another name for space station

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Etymology

Origin of space platform

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

The company currently operates a microelectronics foundry at the park and has multiple civil and defense space programs throughout the South Bay, including spacecraft manufacturing, space instrument design and orbiting space platforms.

From Los Angeles Times

This idea required more astronomical cost and effort because they would need a space platform and a dust supply that could be easily replenished.

From Washington Post

We should keep in mind that within a million years, humans might reside on the moon, Mars or free-floating space platforms, and each community might choose to respond differently.

From Scientific American

Russia’s military said in December that it conducted an experiment with a small satellite that separated from a carrier “space platform.”

From Seattle Times

"The spacecraft, created on the basis of a unified multifunctional space platform, is launched into the target orbit from which the state of domestic satellites can be monitored," the defense ministry wrote in the statement.

From Fox News