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

The movement also increased the satellite's westward drift, and at midweek Syncom II was over Africa, oscillating back and forth across the equator in a lazy figure eight.

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

The messages stopped when Syncom II swung south again and sank below the horizon.

From Time Magazine Archive

Syncom II developed some drift after it went into orbit, as was expected, but in the wrong direction.

From Time Magazine Archive