Pointing refers to the requirement to point the satellite (or an instrument on the satellite) toward some ground object.
指向的意思是要求卫星(或卫星上的设备)朝向一些地面目标。
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During the 1990s this was a point on which doubters laid considerable weight, because satellite measurements did not show the warming in the lower atmosphere that theory would predict.
The images were stored on tape recorders on the satellite until TIROS-1 came into range of data stations in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, or Kaena Point, Hawaii.