Syncom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of Syncom
syn(chronous) com(munications satellite)
Example Sentences
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In 1964, the launch of a third Syncom device allowed live television signals to be transmitted around the world from the Olympic Games that summer in Tokyo.
From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2017
At its extreme height Syncom takes 24 hours to complete one orbit.
From Time Magazine Archive
Other communications satellites are even now in the works, including Relay, a joint NASA-RCA project that will be launched late this year, and Syncom, which will be placed in orbit 22,300 miles above the earth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Like the Red Queen in Through the Looking Glass, the orbiting Syncom II keeps moving but gets nowhere.
From Time Magazine Archive
Syncom II and III, used by the Department of Defense, were successful, but their performance has been kept partially secret.
From Time Magazine Archive
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