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Word: Minitrack
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1950s; earliest use found in Spaceflight. From mini- + track-, after the fuller name minimum-weight tracking
Definition:
A system for tracking satellites by means of a lightweight oscillator placed in the satellite, whose position is calculated from the phase difference between radio signals received by each of a spaced pair of aerials on the ground. Usually attributive.
