| NOUN | artifact | space platform, space station, space laboratory | a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research |
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| Meaning | A manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research. | |
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| Synonyms | space station, space laboratory | |
| Instances | Salyut | Either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s |
| Skylab | United States space station | |
| Broader | satellite, artificial satellite, orbiter | man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon |
| Spanish | estación espacial | |
| Catalan | estació espacial | |
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