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)

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Example Sentences

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Syncom

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

In the Syncom family, Early Bird was the big, public success.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The scientists listened intently, and were rewarded for a few minutes by voices that had climbed up to Syncom II from Kingsport and had been relayed down to New Jersey.

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

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