disturbance compensation system
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disturbance compensation system
[də′stər·bəns käm·pən′sā·shən ‚sis·təm] (aerospace engineering)
A system applied to navigational satellites to remove the along-the-track component of drag and radiation forces. Abbreviated DISCOS.
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