Archives: Glossary Terms

TSTI Admin No Comments April 10, 2026

upperstage

Provides the extra kicks of energyWe use the angle of incidence, θ, to determine how much solar energy hits a solar panel. This angle lies between a line perpendicular to the cell and the Sun line. More needed to transfer the spacecraft from its parking orbitA temporary orbit for a spacecraft before transferring to its […]

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TSTI Admin No Comments April 10, 2026

users

The people who will benefit from the mission. Also see customers. This is one of the three concepts included in the mission statement.

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TSTI Admin No Comments October 7, 2024

vacuum

A pure vacuumA pure vacuum is a volume of space completely devoid of all material. When talking about space, we are talking about a “near” or “hard” vacuum, not a pure vacuum because this is nearly unattainable. More is a volumeThe amount of air within a certain volume. Atmospheric density is higher at sea-level and […]

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TSTI Admin No Comments April 6, 2026

WBS

A work breakdown structure allows us to systematically divide an entire project into a set of major tasks, subtasks etc, until we’ve defined the entire scope of project work in detail.

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