space platform

English Thesaurus

1. a manned artificial satellite in a fixed orbit designed for scientific research (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	artificial satellite, orbiter, satellite,
definition	:	man-made equipment that orbits around the earth or the moon (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	salyut,
definition	:	either of two Soviet space stations launched in the 1970s (noun.artifact)

instance hyponym	:	skylab,
definition	:	United States space station; in orbit from 1973 to 1979 (noun.artifact)