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noun

a terminal equipped to receive, or receive and transmit, signals from or to communications satellites.

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Also called ground station.

Origin of earth station

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby earth station

earthshaking, earthshine, earth sign, earth smoke, earthstar, earth station, earth tone, earth tongue, earth up, earthward, earthwards

How to use earth station in a sentence

Above everything we must make some Earth station aware of our plight.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930|Various
This allows communication, not only between a machine and an earth-station, but also between two craft when in flight.
The Aeroplane|Claude Grahame-White and Harry Harper
In the helio cubby, Waters was still trying to raise an Earth station.
Wandl the Invader|Raymond King Cummings

Scientific definitions for earth station

earth station

An on-ground radio communication site used for tracking, controlling, or otherwise communicating with spacecraft or satellites.