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space simulator
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space simulator [′spās ‚sim·yə‚lād·ər]
(aerospace engineering)
Any device which simulates one or more parameters of the space environment and which is used to test space systems or components.
Specifically, a closed chamber capable of reproducing approximately the vacuum and normal environments of space.


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