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bordzeit

English translation: satellite time/onboard time

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German term or phrase:	bordzeit
English translation:	satellite time/onboard time
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00:14 Feb 3, 2004

German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Aerospace / Aviation / Space

German term or phrase: bordzeit

for a test about satellite data. there's not much context because the term crops up in a table but here goes: 'Messwert M, Bordzeit zum Messwert (s).'

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satellite time/onboard time

Explanation:
I guess 'Bordzeit' here refers to the local time on-board the satellite. Satellites as far as I know generally use Greenwich Mean Time (Universal Time, Zulu Time) to keep track of their onboard time, so you might want to use that.