Definition & Meaning | English word TELECOMMAND

Definitions of TELECOMMAND

1. A command transmitted to a device.

Examples of Using TELECOMMAND in a Sentence

• Systems that need external instructions and data to operate require the counterpart of telemetry: telecommand.
• Semidirectional quadrupole antennas mounted on the solar panels provided routine telemetry and telecommand contact with Earth during the mission, on a circularly-polarized decimetre radio band.
• The desired effect of the telecommand may be just to change a value in the on-board software, or to open/close a latching relay to reconfigure or power a unit, or maybe to fire a thruster or main engine.

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