"Earth-pointing" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1995, J. Keat, M. Challa, D. Tracewell, K. Galal, “Earth Horizon Modeling and Application to Static Earth Sensors on TRMM Spacecraft”, in Kathy R. Hartman, editor, Flight mechanics estimation theory symposium 1995, page 229:",
          "text": "Data from Earth sensor assemblies (ESAs) often are used in the attitude determination (AD) for both spinning and Earth-pointing spacecraft.",
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        "Of a frame of reference, describing the orientation of a spacecraft relative to Earth."
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          "text": "Communication from Earth, on channels E1 and E2, is received by the larger Earth-pointing antenna on the Ka band up link frequency.",
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        "Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see Earth, pointing."
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