Syncom

American  

[sin-kom] / ˈsɪn kɒm /

noun

U.S. Aerospace.

1. one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.

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Syncom British  

/ ˈsɪnˌkɒm /

noun

1. a communications satellite in stationary orbit

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Etymology

Origin of Syncom

syn(chronous) com(munications satellite)

Example Sentences

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

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

A new kind of communications satellite, Syncom II, built by Hughes Aircraft Co. for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, soared up into space last week from Cape Canaveral.

From Time Magazine Archive

At its extreme height Syncom takes 24 hours to complete one orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Syncom I, the Hughes-built oldest brother of Early Bird, reached its orbit in 1963, but an exploding tank of high-pressure nitrogen kept it from succeeding electronically.

From Time Magazine Archive