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.

在上世纪九十年代里，怀疑论者尤其关注这个观点，因为那时卫星测量还无法显示，底层大气的暖化效应——在当时，这只是一个理论的推测。

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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.

在卫星进入位于蒙默思堡、新泽西或夏威夷的卡埃纳点(Kaena Point)的数据站之前，图像被存储在卫星上的磁带机中。

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