tracking station
noun
a facility equipped with instrumentation for following the flight path of, communicating with, and collecting data from a rocket or spacecraft.
Origin of tracking station
First recorded in 1960–65
Words nearby tracking station
tracking,
tracking and data relay satellite,
tracking poll,
tracking radar,
tracking shot,
tracking station,
tracklayer,
tracklaying,
trackless,
trackless trolley,
trackman
British Dictionary definitions for tracking station
tracking station
noun
a station that can use a radio or radar beam to determine and follow the path of an object, esp a spacecraft or satellite, in space or in the atmosphere