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

Syncom II answered smartly, proving that its electronics gear was healthy.

From Time Magazine Archive

Syncom I, which was launched last February, went into near-perfect orbit, but its electronics system broke down, leaving it useless as a relay station.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Kingsport next ordered Syncom to fire its hydrogen peroxide rocket to correct the slow eastward drift, and actually days will pass before Syncom's delicate guidance apparatus will jockey it into an exactly synchronous orbit.

From Time Magazine Archive

Almost 20 years later, the device became a reality as Syncom 2.

From Time Magazine Archive